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.”
All politics is applesauce. - Will Rogers
I would have made a good Pope. - Richard M Nixon
Good government is good politics. - Richard J. Daley
Politics makes strange postmasters. - Kin Hubbard
In politics nothing is contemptible. - Benjamin Disraeli
I am not a politician, but a soldier. - Idi Amin
It ain't exactly the Pope diamond. - Archie Bunker
In politics the middle way is none at all. - John Adams
In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Everybody knows politics is a contact sport. - Barrack Obama
Intelligence has nothing to do with politics. - Londo Molari
A politician... one that would circumvent God. - William Shakespeare
Politics is just show business for ugly people. - Jay Leno
Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory. - John Kenneth Galbraith
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. - Otto von Bismarck
Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance. - Reba McEntire
Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance. - Robert Frost
We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. - Martin L. Gross
You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. - James Reston
War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. - Ted Koppei
I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. - Edith Sitwell
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. - Tex Guinan
A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot. - William Randolph
I have great respect for the Pope. I like the Pope. I actually like him. - Donald Trump
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. - Will Rogers
The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office. - Will Rogers
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. - Theodore White
A good politician, under democracy, is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. - H L Mencken
My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper. - Amy Sedaris
Either the government will be given to us or we shall seize it by marching on Rome. - Benito Mussolini
Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea. - Enoch Powell
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. - Earl Wilson
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley
Everyone wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes. - Werner Finck
You know what's got the world in the shape today? Buddah, the Pope, Marx and Lemons. - Archie Bunker
I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government. - Woody Allen
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. - Will Rogers
What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education. - Jules Michelet
So, if we lie to the government, it's a felony.
But if they lie to us, it's politics. - Bill Murray
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joe-k. - Will Rogers
Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. - Molly Ivins
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
I must study politics and war that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. - John Adams
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown
Politics, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. - Richard Armour
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton
One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government. - Donald Trump
Why does not the Pope build St. Peter's with his own money, rather than with the money of poor believers? - Martin Luther
It is a win-win for the American people, an idea no conventional politician would have the guts to put forward. - Donald Trump
I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I would gladly eat a network executive or a politician. - Marty Feldman
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.)
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm
Politics is the only business where doing nothing other than making the other guy look bad is an acceptable outcome. - Mark Warner
The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid. - Will Rogers
Physicians and politicians resemble one another in this respect, that some defend the constitution and others destroy it. - Unknown
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: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. - Ambrose Bierce
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
The workers' and peasants' government proposes to all warring peoples... negotiations leading to a just, democratic peace. - Lenin
I am quite sure now that often in matters concerning religion and politics, a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkeys. - Mark Twain
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. - Aristotle
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home. - Winston Churchill
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
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
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
I would have made a good Pope. - Richard M Nixon
Good government is good politics. - Richard J. Daley
Politics makes strange postmasters. - Kin Hubbard
In politics nothing is contemptible. - Benjamin Disraeli
I am not a politician, but a soldier. - Idi Amin
It ain't exactly the Pope diamond. - Archie Bunker
In politics the middle way is none at all. - John Adams
In politics an absurdity is not a handicap. - Napoleon Bonaparte
Everybody knows politics is a contact sport. - Barrack Obama
Intelligence has nothing to do with politics. - Londo Molari
A politician... one that would circumvent God. - William Shakespeare
Politics is just show business for ugly people. - Jay Leno
Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory. - John Kenneth Galbraith
The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia. - Otto von Bismarck
Easter is very important to me, it's a second chance. - Reba McEntire
Poetry is about the grief. Politics is about the grievance. - Robert Frost
We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy. - Martin L. Gross
You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook. - Harry S Truman
A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top. - James Reston
War has rules, mud wrestling has rules - politics has no rules. - Ross Perot
History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions. - Ted Koppei
I wish the government would put a tax on pianos for the incompetent. - Edith Sitwell
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. - Tex Guinan
A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot. - William Randolph
I have great respect for the Pope. I like the Pope. I actually like him. - Donald Trump
Be thankful we're not getting all the government we're paying for. - Will Rogers
The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office. - Will Rogers
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. - Theodore White
A good politician, under democracy, is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. - H L Mencken
My mom used to say that Greek Easter was later because then you get stuff cheaper. - Amy Sedaris
Either the government will be given to us or we shall seize it by marching on Rome. - Benito Mussolini
Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea. - Enoch Powell
The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. - Earl Wilson
I love Canada. I am from Canada. I will bash the Canadian government but never Canada. - Jason Priestley
Everyone wants to eat at the government's table, but nobody wants to do the dishes. - Werner Finck
You know what's got the world in the shape today? Buddah, the Pope, Marx and Lemons. - Archie Bunker
I believe there is something out there watching us. Unfortunately, it's the government. - Woody Allen
There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you. - Will Rogers
What is the first part of politics? Education. The second? Education. And the third? Education. - Jules Michelet
So, if we lie to the government, it's a felony.
But if they lie to us, it's politics. - Bill Murray
Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joe-k. - Will Rogers
Good thing we've still got politics in Texas - finest form of free entertainment ever invented. - Molly Ivins
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
I must study politics and war that my sons may have the liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. - John Adams
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. - Unknown
Politics, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. - Richard Armour
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. - John Quinton
One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government. - Donald Trump
Why does not the Pope build St. Peter's with his own money, rather than with the money of poor believers? - Martin Luther
It is a win-win for the American people, an idea no conventional politician would have the guts to put forward. - Donald Trump
I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I would gladly eat a network executive or a politician. - Marty Feldman
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.)
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else. - Shirley Chisholm
Politics is the only business where doing nothing other than making the other guy look bad is an acceptable outcome. - Mark Warner
The business of government is to keep the government out of business - that is, unless business needs government aid. - Will Rogers
Physicians and politicians resemble one another in this respect, that some defend the constitution and others destroy it. - Unknown
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: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. - Ambrose Bierce
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
The workers' and peasants' government proposes to all warring peoples... negotiations leading to a just, democratic peace. - Lenin
I am quite sure now that often in matters concerning religion and politics, a man's reasoning powers are not above the monkeys. - Mark Twain
Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. - Aristotle
When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my country. I make up for lost time when I am at home. - Winston Churchill
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
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
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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