“America has the best politicians money can buy.”
“This is your world. Shape it or someone else will.”
“Republicans want to destroy government and Democrats can’t make government work”
“We must all hang together, or assuredly we shall all hang separately.”
“Crime does not pay … as well as politics.”
“Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.”
“In China, the government controls business and in the US, business controls the government.”
“Nearly all men can withstand aversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give
him power.”
“There’s a very fine line between stupid and clever.”
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies”
“For most of history, man has had to fight nature to survive; in this century, it is nature
fighting to survive.”
“Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.”
The Constitution only guarantees the American people the right to pursue happiness.
You have to catch it yourself.
“Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.”
“The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees an opportunity in
every difficulty.”
“Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups”
“Cowardice and courage are both contagious”
“I believe our society has fallen into a pyramid system where there’s people relegated to the bottom of that pyramid and there’s people that feel like they’re entitled to the top of that pyramid.”
“Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?”
“That’s why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it”
“Under every stone lurks a politician.”
“An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.”
“What’s the difference between baseball and politics? In baseball you’re out if you’re caught stealing.”
“Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.”
“Diplomacy is the art of saying “Nice Doggie” until you can find a rock.”
“The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces.”
“All of the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of Native Americans.”
“How many politicians does it take to change a light bulb? None. They’ll only promise change.”
“Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
“Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.”
“Political speeches are like a steer. A point here, a point there, and a lot of bull in between.”
“One of the penalties of not participating in politics is that you will be governed by your inferiors.”
Congress is so strange… a man gets up to speak and says nothing… nobody listens…and then everybody disagrees. Then they vote on it.”
“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.”
“Life is not a race, but it is a competition.”
“It’s not what you look at that matters, it’s what you see.”
“The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that’s out always looks the best.”
“If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.”
“State legislators are merely politicians whose darkest secret prohibits them from running for higher office.”
“One day your life will flash before your eyes. Make sure it’s worth watching.”
“Man is by nature a political animal.”