Politics Quotes and Sayings

I’ve always said that in politics, your enemies can’t hurt you, but your friends will kill you.

The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

Ideas are great arrows, but there has to be a bow. And politics is the bow of idealism.

When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it ?

Although he’s regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics.

We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.

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.

A good politician under democracy is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.

A popular government without popular information, or the means of acquiring it, is but a prologue to a farce or a tragedy, or perhaps both.

Here we are the way politics ought to be in America; the politics of happiness, the politics of purpose and the politics of joy.

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

George Washington is the only president who didn’t blame the previous administration for his troubles.

Truth is not determined by majority vote.

Don’t vote, it only encourages them.

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.

If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

If you want something said, ask a man…if you want something done, ask a woman.

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

9 Comments to “Politics Quotes and Sayings”

  • 1. Jeanie wrote on 16 November, 2009
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    When the people fear their government, there is tyranny; when the government fears the people, there is liberty.
    - Thomas Jefferson

  • 2. KOFI AGYARKO DUAH wrote on 9 January, 2010
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    In politics, the weapon of mass destruction is not the nuclear weapon but rather the BALLOT!

  • 3. Grief wrote on 6 May, 2011
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    A diplomat: One who thinks twice before saying nothing.

  • 4. Rob Martin wrote on 11 August, 2011
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    Two guys are standing on the sidewalk and a republican politician is being chased by a democratic politician. One guy looks at the other and says “Lets tackle them both and one of them has to be a crook.”

  • 5. Rob Martin wrote on 11 August, 2011
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    Politician is is the only occupation where you don’t have to be good at anything and success isn’t a requirement.

  • 6. Ray wrote on 28 August, 2011
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    Politics is the second oldest profession on earth and it has a striking resemblance to the first.

  • 7. B.wright wrote on 16 September, 2011
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    I’ve never been disappointed with my country. My government, different story, need lots more time to explain.

  • 8. B.Wright wrote on 16 September, 2011
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    In life there are three big things and only one can win every time.
    A. The biggest Heart
    B. The biggest Wallet
    C. The biggest Gun
    If you picked A or B you need a planet earth reality check.
    Sincerely wished it were different!

  • 9. B.Wright wrote on 16 September, 2011
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    Definition: Liberal – Someone who loves everyone unconditionally and hopes for the best
    Definition: Conservative -Someone who loves everyone unconditionally, hopes for the best and carries a big gun, just in case.

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