And also noteworthy in reminding us that every generation has had cynical views of politics and politicians.
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>1- The problem with political jokes is they get elected. ~Henry Cate, VII
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>2- We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~Aesop
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>3- 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
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>4- Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato
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>5- Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~Nikita Khrushchev
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>6- When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to believe it. ~ Clarence Darrow
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>7- Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. ~Author Unknown
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>8- If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. ~Jay Leno
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>9- Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel ~John Quinton
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>10- 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
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>11- The Democrats seem to be basically nice people, but they have demonstrated time and again that they have the management skills ofcelery. They're the kind of people who might stop to help you change a flat, but would somehow manage to set your car on fire. I would bereluctant to entrust them with a Cuisinart, let alone the economy. The Republicans, on the other hand, would know how to fix your tire, butthey wouldn't bother to stop because they'd want to be on time at the country club. ~Dave Barry
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>12- The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. TheRepublicans are the party that says government doesn't work and then they get elected and prove it. ~P.J. O'Rourke
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>13- 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
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>14- A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. ~Texas Guinan
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>15- Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. ~Gore Vidal
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>16- I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ~Charles de Gaulle
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>17- 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
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>18- Politics: [Poly "many" + tics "blood-sucking parasites"] ~Larry Hardiman
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>19- Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~Doug Larson
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>20- There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators. ~Will Rogers
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