Thursday, January 26, 2012

Funny Political One-Liners

•    In democracy it's your vote that counts; In feudalism it's your count that votes. Mogens Jallberg
•    The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'. Larry Hardiman
•    'In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known.'  Thomas Pickering

•    'Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realise that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.' Ronald Reagan
•    'The government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it'. Ronald Reagan 
•    'I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting'. Ronald Reagan
  •    Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either.Gore Vidal
•    'Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it wrongly, and applying unsuitable remedies'. Sir Ernest Benn
•    'In politics, absurdity is not a handicap'. Napoleon Bonaparte.
•    On my arrival in the United States I was struck by the degree of ability among the governed and the lack of it among the governing.'Alexis de Toqueville
•    '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
•    'Politics makes strange bedfellows rich'. Wayne Haisley
•    'You can fool all of the people all of the time if the advertising is right and the budget is big enough.' Joseph Levine
•    Don't vote. You'll only encourage them.Anon
•    'Although he is regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics.'
George Mitchell.
 
 

 •    A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes. Mark Twain

 
  •    Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature. Kin Hubbard
•    When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.  PJ O'Rourke
•    Diplomacy is the art of saying 'Nice doggie' until you can find a rock.Will Rogers

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