The rich get richer the poor get the picture
I find that approximately no one knows what is going on. That's why we have been leaving it to the politicians to make the world work
Any 20 year-old who isn't a liberal doesn't have a heart, and any 40 year-old who isn't a conservative doesn't have a brain
Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.
Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against
We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle
We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. ~Charles de Gaulle
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where they is no river
Liberalism is trust of the people tempered by prudence. Conservatism is distrust of the people tempered by fear
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it
George Washington is the only president who didn't blame the previous administration for his troubles
Truth is not determined by majority vote
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy
We have, I fear, confused power with greatness
The modern conservative is engaged in one of man's oldest exercises in moral philosophy; that is, the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward
Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome
Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism
Justice without force is powerless; force without justice is tyrannical
The great companies did not know that the line between hunger and anger is a thin line
No man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one
You can fool some of the people all of the time and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time
O, what a tangled web we weave, When first we practice to deceive!
If you expect to see the final results of your work, you simply have not asked a big enough question
His name was George F. Babbitt, and ... he was nimble in the calling of selling houses for more than people could afford to pay
I wish that every human life might be pure transparent freedom.
How can a rational being be ennobled by anything that is not obtained by its own exertion?
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
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
Thinking about profound social change, conservatives always expect disaster, while revolutionaries confidentially expect utopia. Both are wrong
Anyone that wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office
Politics is largely a matter of heart
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first
As long as war is regarded as wicked, it will always have its fascination. When it is looked upon as vulgar, it will cease to be popular.
Sure we'll have fascism here but it will come as an anti-fascist movement
War is the trade of kings
Nothing is so firmly believed as that which we least know
Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul
It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do
A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has
The art of progress is to preserve order amid change, and to preserve change amid order
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it
Politics is applesauce
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.
There is one safeguard known generally to the wise, which is an advantage and security to all, but especially to democracies as against despots. What is it? Distrust
Politics are not the task of a Christian.
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.
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit.
Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, political parties, nations, and eras it's the rule.
Too bad that all the people who really know how to run the country are busy driving taxi cabs and cutting hair.
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead
Burke said there are three Estates in Parliament; but in the reporters' gallery yonder, there sat a fourth Estate more important than them all.
Freedom of the press is guaranteed only to those who own one.
If you ever injected the truth into politics, you would have no politics.
Politics, and the fate of man, are shaped by men without ideals and without greatness.
Confusion, indecision, fear; these are my weapons.
When the president does it, that means it is not illegal.
The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others
How can you govern a country with 246 varieties of cheese?
The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer
History: an account mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
Man was born free and everywhere he is in shackles
Liberty means responsibility. That's why most men dread it
Living is easy with eyes closed Misunderstanding all you see
When you have robbed a man of everything he is no longer in your power. He is free again.
A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time
Their very conservatism is secondhand, and they don't know what they are conserving
