An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. – George Eliot, Felix Holt, Chapter5

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. – Author Unknown

The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face. – Clare Boothe Luce

Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster. – James Harvey Robinson, The Human Comedy, 1937