Funny Politician Quotes

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

Truth is not determined by majority vote.

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party

I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.

Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.

There are always too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen, and never enough U.S. congressmen.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

It's wonderful to be here in the great state of Chicago.

He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.

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.

I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix.

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history.

For NASA, space is still a high priority.

The Holocaust was an obscene period in our nation's history. I mean in this century's history. But we all lived in this century. I didn't live in this century.

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President. I'm beginning to believe it.

Rarely is the question asked: Is our children learning?

Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.

Power is like being a lady... if you have to tell people you are, you aren't.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

Suppose you were an idiot, and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.

Feminism was established to allow unattractive women easier access to the mainstream.

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

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.

If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.

One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.

In Mexico an air conditioner is called a politician because it makes a lot of noise but doesn't work very well.

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

A politician needs 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.