Mr. Dressup II

All politics is local. - Thomas P O'Neil

Man is by nature a political animal. - Aristotle

Politics have no relation to morals. - Niccolo Machiavelli

Crime does not pay as well as politics. - Alfred E. Newman

Don't vote; it only encourages them. - Unknown

Feudalism: It's your Count that votes - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre

All government, of course, is against liberty. - H L Mencken

A politician... one that would circumvent God. - William Shakespeare

Politics is just show business for ugly people. - Jay Leno

Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill

Turn on to politics, or politics will turn on you. - Ralph Nader

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

Bulldozing: Going to sleep during a political speech. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com

There can be no wise politics without thought beforehand. - Annie Besant

Government cannot and must not replace private initiative. - Kim Campbell

I don't go around signin' no political documentaries. - Archie Bunker

A society of sheep must in time beget a government of wolves. - Bertrand de Jouvenel

It's a terrible shame that politics has become show business. - Sydney Pollack

The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. - Reinhold Niebuhr

For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program. - Bob Wells

Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least. - Robert Byrne

Idealism is the despot of thought, just as politics is the despot of will. - Mikhail Bakunin

Diplomacy is the art of saying, "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock. - Will Rogers

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

I learned a long time ago in Hollywood that the only person I should vote for is myself. - Jack Nicholson

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter. - Winston Churchill

I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government. - Woody Allen

A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson

The man who can make others laugh secures more votes for a measure than the man who forces them to think. - Malcolm de Chazal

The largest party in America is neither the Democrats nor the Republicans. It's the party of non-voters. - Robert Reich

Taxpayer - someone who works for the federal government but doesn't have to take the civil service examination. - Ronald Reagan

Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote. - Benjamin Franklin

Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. - John Quincy Adams

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy, but won't cross the street to vote in a national election. - Bill Vaughan

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. - Oscar Ameringer

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. - John W. Gardner

Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him, better take a closer look at the American Indian. - Henry Ford

Ever occur to you why some of us can be this much concerned with animals suffering? Because government is not. Why not? Animals don't vote. - Paul Harvey

Our ancestors believed in magic, prayers, trickery, browbeating and bullying. I think it would be fair to sum that up as 'Irish politics'. - Flann O'Brien