The more I see of the representatives of the people, the more I admire my dogs. – Alphonse de Lamartine
When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. – Maggie Gallagher
Voting is a civic sacrament. – Theodore Hesburgh
When the body of the people is possessed of the supreme power, it is called a democracy. – Charles de Secondat
Your every voter, as surely as your chief magistrate, exercises a public trust. – Grover Cleveland
It is our experience that political leaders do not always mean the opposite of what they say. – Abba Eban
What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again. – Estelle Morris
After much prayerful consideration, I feel that I must say I have climbed my last political mountain. – George C. Wallace
Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois. – Dick Durbin
You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip. – Johnny Isakson
It has been well said that a hungry man is more interested in four sandwiches than four freedoms. – Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
Television is democracy at its ugliest. – Paddy Chayefsky
I never considered a difference of opinion in politics, in religion, in philosophy, as cause for withdrawing from a friend. – Thomas Jefferson
Politics is for the present, but an equation is for eternity. – Albert Einstein
It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first. – Ronald Reagan
I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known. – Abraham Lincoln
Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times. – Winston Churchill
In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times. – Winston Churchill
I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting. – Winston Churchill
Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times. – Winston Churchill
