Awkward

Liberty is the right to silence. - Unknown

In politics nothing is contemptible. - Benjamin Disraeli

Liberty, once lost, is lost forever. - John Adams

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

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

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Brooks Adams

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

The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. - R Buckminster Fuller

In politics, a lie unanswered becomes truth within 24 hours. - Willie Brown

A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing. - Unknown

You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman

World War II was the last government program that really worked. - George Will

Liberty don't work as good in practice as it does in speeches. - Will Rogers

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

To deceive a diplomat speak the truth, he has no experience with it. - Greek Proverb

We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate. - Kin Hubbard

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

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

Government of the people, by the people, and for the pursuit of happiness. - Archie Bunker

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

No science is immune to the infection of politics and the corruption of power. - Jacob Bronowski

Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands. - Jesse Helms

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. - Theodore White

Personally, I'm against political jokes. Too often they get elected to office. - Henny Youngman

We could certainly slow the aging process down if it had to work its way through Congress. - Will Rogers

I am on your Walk of Fame in Toronto. My sense of humour is Canadian. But I can't vote. - Donald Sutherland

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. - George Bernard Shaw

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

Animals are like little children a bit. They're simple. They don't have politics driving them. - Annabelle Sabloff

Relying on the government to protect your privacy is like asking a peeping tom to install your window blinds. - John P Barlow

Democracy means that anyone can grow up to be president, and anyone who doesn't grow up can be vice president. - Johnny Carson

Frankly, I'd like to see the government get out of war altogether and leave the whole field to private industry. - Joseph Heller

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. - Benjamin Franklin

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

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. - George MacDonald

Every country must be absolutely free to adopt the type of economic, political and social system that it considers convenient. - Fidel Castro

Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. - Joe Biden

If you make any money, the government shoves you in the creek once a year with it in your pockets, and all that don't get wet you can keep. - Will Rogers

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

Being in politics is like being a football coach; you have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important. - Eugene McCarthy