Well Said
Posted: Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:29 pm
Don't remember if we have seen these before or not. They sound familiar.
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
If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches
there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. ~Will Rogers
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed
by those that are dumber. ~Plato
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
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. ~Oscar Ameringer
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. ~
Texas Guinan
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by
definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. ~Gore Vidal
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be
left to the politicians. ~Charles de Gaulle
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
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to
change the locks. ~Doug Larson
Don't vote, it only encourages them. ~Author Unknown
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on
senators. ~Will Rogers
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
If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches
there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. ~Will Rogers
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed
by those that are dumber. ~Plato
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
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. ~Oscar Ameringer
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. ~
Texas Guinan
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by
definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. ~Gore Vidal
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be
left to the politicians. ~Charles de Gaulle
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
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to
change the locks. ~Doug Larson
Don't vote, it only encourages them. ~Author Unknown
There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on
senators. ~Will Rogers
