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liberal N proud

(60,334 posts)
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 05:01 PM Mar 2016

Quotes about politicians



If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates .
~Jay Leno~

The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
~Henry Cate, VII~

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
~Aesop~

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~

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
~John Quinton~

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.
~ Tex Guinan~

I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
~Charles de Gaulle~

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
~Doug Larson~

There ought to be one day -- just one -- when there is open season on Congressmen.
~Will Rogers~

If you want a real friend that you can trust in Washington, get a dog.
- Harry Truman -


All something to think about as we choose who will "represent" the least of us
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Quotes about politicians (Original Post) liberal N proud Mar 2016 OP
Politicians are like diapers... Whiskeytide Mar 2016 #1
Jon Stewart tk2kewl Mar 2016 #2
K and R bigwillq Mar 2016 #3
 

tk2kewl

(18,133 posts)
2. Jon Stewart
Tue Mar 1, 2016, 05:10 PM
Mar 2016

If con is the opposite of pro, then isn’t Congress the opposite of progress? -- Jon Stewart

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