Before Political Correctness

All politics is applesauce. - Will Rogers

A week is a long time in politics. - Harold Wilson

There is no gambling like politics. - Benjamin Disraeli

In politics nothing is contemptible. - Benjamin Disraeli

In politics the middle way is none at all. - John Adams

In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte

A government of law is a government of lawyers. - Saying

I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons. - Will Rogers

Most bad government results from too much government. - Thomas Jefferson

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them. - Moliere

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. - James Madison

Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan

Expert: a man who makes three correct guesses consecutively. - Laurence J. Peter

Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. - H L Mencken

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. - Charles de Gaulle

War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot

Needless to say, the president is correct. Whatever it was he said. - Donald Rumsfeld

I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. - Edith Sitwell

An error doesn't become a mistake until you refuse to correct it. - Orlando A. Battista

Politics is the chloroform of the Irish people, or, rather the hashish. - Oliver St. John Gogarty

The very ink with which all history is written is merely fluid prejudice. - Mark Twain

University politics are vicious precisely because the stakes are so small. - Henry Kissinger

Women might be able to fake orgasms. But men can fake a whole relationship. - Sharon Stone

Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. - John Kenneth Galbraith

Sometimes the best communication happens when you're on separate bikes. - Unknown

The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. - P.J. O'Rourke

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated. - Will Rogers

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. - Tom Robbins

Marketers need to build digital relationships and reputation before closing a sale. - Chris Brogan

In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman. - Margaret Thatcher

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship. - Buddha

In Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Canada has at last produced a political leader worthy of assassination. - Irving Layton

I have a great relationship with the blacks. I've always had a great relationship with the blacks. - Donald Trump

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. - Maggie Gallagher

Remember that your best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other. - Unknown

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. - Charles de Gaulle

Very few of these panic-mongers have any personal knowledge of the countries that are already under blackshirt government. - Lord Rothermere

When it comes to politics, I sit down on a sofa and grab some popcorn - or sometimes I crouch down in order not to get shot. - Sergey Galitsky

Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. - Ronald Reagan

In general, the art of government consists of taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other. - Voltaire