The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
~ Henry Cate, VII
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We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
~ Aesop
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If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven.
~ Will Rogers
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
~ Plato
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Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
~ Nikita Khrushchev
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When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President;
I'm beginning to believe it
~ Clarence Darrow
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Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.
~ Author Unknown
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If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.
~ Jay Leno
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Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
~ John Quinton
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Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
~ Oscar Ameringer
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I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.
~ Adlai Stevenson, Campaign Speech, 1952
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A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
~ Texas Guinan
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I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
~ Charles de Gaulle
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Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession . I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
~ Ronald Reagan
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Politics: [Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"]
~ Larry Hardiman
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Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
~ Doug Larson
~ Henry Cate, VII
---------------
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
~ Aesop
----------------
If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven.
~ Will Rogers
---------------
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
~ Plato
-------------------
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
~ Nikita Khrushchev
----------------------
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President;
I'm beginning to believe it
~ Clarence Darrow
--------------------------
Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.
~ Author Unknown
--------------------------
If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.
~ Jay Leno
------------------------
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
~ John Quinton
--------------------------------
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
~ Oscar Ameringer
----------------------------
I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.
~ Adlai Stevenson, Campaign Speech, 1952
--------------
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
~ Texas Guinan
-------------------------
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
~ Charles de Gaulle
----------------------------
Politics is supposed to be the second-oldest profession . I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
~ Ronald Reagan
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Politics: [Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"]
~ Larry Hardiman
--------------------------
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
~ Doug Larson
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