Quotes of the Week - November 25, 2008:
"I can't go to my old barber shop now. I've gotta have my barber
come to some undisclosed location to cut my hair." -- US President-elect
on adjusting to his and his family's new reality and the "certain
lonliness to the job" of president.
"Will I be able to have children?" -- Hitler's first question
to the doctor who saved his life after a groin injury in the WWI Battle
of the Somme. A recently discovered manuscript of a conversation between
the doctor and Hitler's priest confirmed the rumor that Hitler lost a
testicle in the fight.
"I and others were mistaken early on in saying that the subprime
crisis would be contained." -- US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke
Topic: Politics Quotes - Famous Politics
Quotes, Quotations, Sayings about Politics
Politics is the art of the possible. Otto Von Bismarck
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of
principles. Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary.
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious
a matter to be left to the politicians. Charles de Gaulle
You may fool all the people some of the time, you can even fool
some of the people all of the time, but you cannot fool all
of the people all the time. Abraham Lincoln
A politician…one that would circumvent God. William Shakespeare Hamlet.
I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons. Will Rogers
A liberal is a conservative who has been arrested. Tom Wolfe From novel 'The Bonfire of the Vanities'.
The ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next
week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards
to explain why it didn't happen. Winston Churchill On qualifications desirable for prospective
politician.
The ballot is stronger than the bullet. Abraham Lincoln
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public
office. Aesop
Politics is not an exact science Otto Von Bismarck
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils,
as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them
with others. Ambrose Bierce The Devil's Dictionary.
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities
to give validity to his convictions in political affairs. Albert Einstein
Crime does not pay ... as well as politics. Alfred E. Newman
Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies. Dalton Camp
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether
it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the
wrong remedy. Ernest Benn
Put not your trust in princes. The Bible Psalm 146. 3.
In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte
If God had wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. Jay Leno
The problem with political jokes is they get elected. Henry Cate VII
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season
on senators. Will Rogers
Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory. John Kenneth Galbraith
The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning
'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. Larry Hardiman
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with
bloodshed. Mao Zedong
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
Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as
backing a winning candidate. Mark B. Cohen
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his
country. Texas Guinan
The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority
acting against a divided majority. Will Durant
Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment nothing
can fail; without it nothing can succeed. He who molds public
sentiment goes deeper than he who enacts statutes or decisions
possible or impossible to execute. Abraham Lincoln
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican
friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats,
we will stop telling the truth about them. Adlai Stevenson
At least two thirds of our miseries spring from human stupidity,
human malice and those great motivators and justifiers of malice
and stupidity, idealism, dogmatism and proselytizing zeal on
behalf of religious or political idols. Aldous Huxley
The 20th century has been characterized by three developments
of great political importance: The growth of democracy, the
growth of corporate power, and the growth of corporate propaganda
as a means of protecting corporate power against democracy. Alex Carey
When we blindly adopt a religion, a political system, a literary
dogma, we become automatons. We cease to grow. Anais Nin
Yes, we have to divide up our time like that, between our politics
and our equations. But to me our equations are far more important,
for politics are only a matter of present concern. A mathematical
equation stands forever. Albert Einstein
The work of the political activist inevitably involves a certain
tension between the requirement that position be taken on current
issues as they arise and the desire that one's contributions
will somehow survive the ravages of time. Angela Davis
I've always said that in politics, your enemies can't hurt you,
but your friends will kill you. Ann Richards
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the
principles of it are troublesome. Benjamin Whichcote
Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics
is the bow of idealism. Bill Moyers
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the
ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out
of if elected. Carl Sandberg
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to
be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think
it's important. Eugene McCarthy
Get thee glass eyes;
And like a scurvy politician, seem
To see the things thou dost not. William Shakespeare
When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they
mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent
voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them. Franklin P. Adams Nods and Becks.
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects. Lester B. Pearson
The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you
got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one
that's out always looks the best. Will Rogers
Politics is largely a matter of heart. R. A. Butler
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in
affairs which properly concern them. Paul Valery
In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The
moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured,
the rest will turn on you like wolves. R. A. Butler
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation
is thought necessary. Robert Louis Stevenson
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many
rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book. Ronald Reagan
Politics is applesauce. Will Rogers
Politics is the art of postponing decisions until they are no
longer relevant. Henri Queuille
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
If you want something said, ask a man...if you want something
done, ask a woman. Margaret Thatcher
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the
people for the people. Oscar Wilde
The Democrats seem to be basically nicer people, but they have
demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills
of celery. They're the kind of people who'd stop to help you
change a flat, but would somehow manage to set your car on fire.
I would be reluctant to entrust them with a Cuisinart, let alone
the economy. The Republicans, on the other hand, would know
how to fix your tire, but they wouldn't bother to stop because
they'd want to be on time for Ugly Pants Night at the country
club. Dave Barry
Politics are not the task of a Christian. Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Campaign behavior for wives: Always be on time. Do as little
talking as humanly possible. Lean back in the parade car so
everybody can see the president. Eleanor Roosevelt
Some men see things as they are and say, "Why?" I
dream of things that never were and say, "Why not?" George Bernard Shaw
Too bad that all the people who really know how to run the country
are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair. George Burns
Although he's regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides
in American politics. George J. Mitchell
In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary
act. George Orwell
Naturally the common people don't want war; neither in Russia,
nor in England, nor in America, nor in Germany. That is understood.
But after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine
policy, and it is always a simple matter to drag the people
along, whether it is a democracy, or a fascist dictatorship,
or a parliament, or a communist dictatorship. Voice or no voice,
the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders.
That is easy. All you have to do is to tell them they are being
attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism
and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in any
country. Hermann Goering
We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant
facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values.
For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth
and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of
its people. John F. Kennedy
There are times in politics when you must be on the right side
and lose. John Kenneth Galbraith
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing
between the disastrous and the unpalatable. John Kenneth Galbraith
Those who say religion has nothing to do with politics do not
know what religion is. Mahatma Gandhi
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge
even where there is no river. Nikita Krushchev
The price of apathy towards public affairs is to be ruled by
evil men. Plato
Politics would be a helluva good business if it weren't for
the goddamned people. Richard Nixon
The good of man must be the end of the science of politics. Aristotle
It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as
to be truly moral. Francis Bacon
Politicians are like the bones of a horse's foreshoulder-not
a straight one in it. Wendell Phillips
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