There ought to be one day — just one — when there is open season on senators. – Will Rogers
Overheard in a Washington D.C. confessional: “Bless me, Father, for sins have been committed.” – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop
Social economy means spending a penny to save a pound. Political economy is spending a pound to save a penny. – F.Tomline (William Schwenck Gilbert) & Gilbert Arthur à Beckett, The Happy
The difference between a liberal and a conservative is that one considers truth an inconvenience while the other opposes it on principle. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
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 E. MacDonald
A political convention is just not a place where you come away with any trace of faith in human nature. – Murray Kempton
If the World Series runs until election day, the networks will run the first one-half inning and project the winner. – Lindsey Nelson
Before you can begin to think about politics at all, you have to abandon the notion that there is a war between good men and bad men. – Walter Lippmann
The qualities that get a man into power are not those that lead him, once established, to use power wisely. – Lyman Bryson
Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. – Winston Churchill
Conservatives define themselves in terms of what they oppose. – George Will
Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed. – Mao Zedong
Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress but I repeat myself. – Mark Twain
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors. – Plato
It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything. – Joseph Stalin
