Unknown to most Canadians, as Pope John Paul II was dying, he sent a message to
the present Canadian Prime Minister (Paul Martin), and the past Prime Minister
(Jean Chretien), to come to his home in the Vatican.
When they arrived, they were ushered up to his bedroom. As they entered the
room, the clergyman held out his hands and motioned for them to sit on each side
of the bed. The Pope grasped their hands, sighed contentedly, smiled and stared
at the ceiling. For a time, no one said anything. Both Martin and Chretien were
touched and flattered that the old Pope would ask them to be with him during his
final moment.
They were also puzzled though because the Pope had never given any indication
that he particularly liked either one of them. Finally, Chretien asked, “Odder,
what for did you hask de two of huss to come ’ere?”
The old Pope mustered up some strength, then said weakly, “Jesus died between two
thieves, and that’s how I want to go as well.”
Politics is an inexact science. - Otto von Bismarck
Lawyers are natural politicians. - Clarence Darrow
Good government is good politics. - Richard J. Daley
Politics makes strange red-fellows. - Will Rogers
Politics have no relation to morals. - Niccolo Machiavelli
In politics the middle way is none at all. - John Adams
In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte
The Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God. - Donald Trump
Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Brooks Adams
I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. - Molly Ivins
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill
There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. - Gordon B. Hinckley
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. - R Buckminster Fuller
Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown
Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan
Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does. - Groucho Marx
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. - Albert Einstein
We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. - Martin L. Gross
An honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere. - Mark Twain
We have the best government in the world... that money can buy. - Mark Twain
Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. - Charles de Gaulle
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. - Reinhold Niebuhr
The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. - Edward Abbey
Politics is a profession where the paths of glory lead but to the gravy. - Billy Boy Franklin
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. - William E. Simon
In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy. - Brian Mulroney
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. - Bertrand Russell
Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. - John Kenneth Galbraith
If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be. - Evelyn Waugh
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. - P.J. O'Rourke
The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office. - Will Rogers
The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government. - P Chidambaram
The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies. - Kate McGahan
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. - Tom Robbins
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley
I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale. - Robert H. Schuller
You know what's got the world in the shape today? Buddah, the Pope, Marx and Lemons. - Archie Bunker
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. - George Carlin
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. - Pope John Paul II
Easter is a time when God turned the inevitability of death into the invincibility of life. - Craig D Loundsbrough
Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter. - Josh McDowell
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. - Daniel P Moynihan
Get thee glass eyes;
And, like a scurvy politician, seem
To see the things thou dost not. - William Shakespeare
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson
Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. - Mikhail Gorbachev
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. - John Kenneth Galbraith
It is a win-win for the American people, an idea no conventional politician would have the guts to put forward. - Donald Trump
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. - Pericles (430 B.C.)
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. - Plato
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. - Thurgood Marshall
Harold MacMillan is a very intelligent man, who, as so often happens in politics, achieved supreme power too late. - Malcolm Muggeridge
I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me. Nothing. Zero. - George Carlin
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. - Charles de Gaulle
It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey
One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. - Lyndon B. Johnson
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: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. - Ambrose Bierce
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. - Plato
In Mexico, an air-conditioner is called a "politician" because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well. - Len Deighton
We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn't that a little backwards? - Jay Leno
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. - Ronald Reagan
Politicians get their power too late, and I think that he has inherited an impossible situation in which he is ill-equipped to deal. - Malcolm Muggeridge
Judge: 1. A law student who marks his own examination papers; 2. A lawyer who once knew a politician; 3. A man in a trying position. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. - Joe Biden
The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough? - Joe Wurzelbacher
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
The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it. - Edward I Kock
Lawyers are natural politicians. - Clarence Darrow
Good government is good politics. - Richard J. Daley
Politics makes strange red-fellows. - Will Rogers
Politics have no relation to morals. - Niccolo Machiavelli
In politics the middle way is none at all. - John Adams
In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte
The Pope, I hope, can only be scared by God. - Donald Trump
Every country has the government it deserves. - Joseph de Maistre
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts. - Henry Brooks Adams
I never saw anything funnier than Texas politics. - Molly Ivins
Politics is not a game. It is an earnest business. - Winston Churchill
There would be no Christmas if there was no Easter. - Gordon B. Hinckley
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. - R Buckminster Fuller
Government is an endless pursuit of new ways to tax. - Unknown
Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Government always finds a need for whatever money it gets. - Ronald Reagan
Politics doesn't make strange bedfellows - marriage does. - Groucho Marx
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. - Albert Einstein
We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. - Martin L. Gross
An honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere. - Mark Twain
We have the best government in the world... that money can buy. - Mark Twain
Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. - Charles de Gaulle
The sad duty of politics is to establish justice in a sinful world. - Reinhold Niebuhr
The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government. - Edward Abbey
Politics is a profession where the paths of glory lead but to the gravy. - Billy Boy Franklin
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. - William E. Simon
In politics, madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy. - Brian Mulroney
Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure. - Bertrand Russell
Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. - John Kenneth Galbraith
If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be. - Evelyn Waugh
The mystery of government is not how Washington works but how to make it stop. - P.J. O'Rourke
The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office. - Will Rogers
The police force cannot be completely independent of the executive government. - P Chidambaram
The very first Easter taught us this: that life never ends and love never dies. - Kate McGahan
Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business. - Tom Robbins
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley
I built my church on Easter services, Christmas Eve services, and Norman Vincent Peale. - Robert H. Schuller
You know what's got the world in the shape today? Buddah, the Pope, Marx and Lemons. - Archie Bunker
I have as much authority as the Pope, I just don't have as many people who believe it. - George Carlin
Do not abandon yourselves to despair. We are the Easter people and hallelujah is our song. - Pope John Paul II
Easter is a time when God turned the inevitability of death into the invincibility of life. - Craig D Loundsbrough
Christ appeared alive on several occasions after the cataclysmic events of that first Easter. - Josh McDowell
The single most exciting thing you encounter in government is competence, because it's so rare. - Daniel P Moynihan
Get thee glass eyes;
And, like a scurvy politician, seem
To see the things thou dost not. - William Shakespeare
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. - Thomas Jefferson
Ex-Presidents of the United States get state subsidies. Not so in Russia. You get no government support. - Mikhail Gorbachev
Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else. - Frederic Bastiat
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. - John Kenneth Galbraith
It is a win-win for the American people, an idea no conventional politician would have the guts to put forward. - Donald Trump
Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn't mean politics won't take an interest in you. - Pericles (430 B.C.)
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. - Plato
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. - Thurgood Marshall
Harold MacMillan is a very intelligent man, who, as so often happens in politics, achieved supreme power too late. - Malcolm Muggeridge
I have certain rules I live by. My first rule: I don't believe anything the government tells me. Nothing. Zero. - George Carlin
In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate. - Charles de Gaulle
It's especially hard if the government is not providing services, or is even conducting ethnic cleansing against you. - Paul Harvey
One lesson you better learn if you want to be in politics is that you never go out on a golf course and beat the President. - Lyndon B. Johnson
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: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. - Ambrose Bierce
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. - Plato
In Mexico, an air-conditioner is called a "politician" because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well. - Len Deighton
We pick politicians by how they look on TV and Miss America on where she stands on the issues. Isn't that a little backwards? - Jay Leno
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. - Ronald Reagan
Politicians get their power too late, and I think that he has inherited an impossible situation in which he is ill-equipped to deal. - Malcolm Muggeridge
Judge: 1. A law student who marks his own examination papers; 2. A lawyer who once knew a politician; 3. A man in a trying position. - Daffynitions joe-ks.com
Our future cannot depend on the government alone. The ultimate solutions lie in the attitudes and the actions of the American people. - Joe Biden
The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough? - Joe Wurzelbacher
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
The best way to lose weight is to close your mouth - something very difficult for a politician. Or watch your food - just watch it, don't eat it. - Edward I Kock
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