This Is All True
We hang petty thieves and appoint the great thieves to public office.
~Aesop, Greek slave & fable author Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governedby those who are dumber. ~Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even wherethere is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet politician When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'mbeginning to believe it. ~Quoted in 'Clarence Darrow for the Defense' by Irving Stone. Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, goout and buy some more tunnel. ~John Quinton, American actor/writer Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign fundsfrom the rich, by promising to protect each from the other. ~Oscar Ameringer, "the Mark Twain of American Socialism." I offered my opponents a deal: "if they stop telling lies about me, I willstop 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. 19th century American businessman I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to beleft to the politicians. ~Charles de Gaulle, French general & politician Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, 1902-1981) |
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