Political Aphorisms

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> If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.
> ~Jay Leno~
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> 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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> The problem with political jokes is they get elected.
> ~Henry Cate, VII~
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> We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
> ~Aesop~
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> If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven.
> ~Will Rogers~
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> Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
> ~Nikita Khrushchev~
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> 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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> 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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> 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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> 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~ Malcolm could use this one.
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> A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
> Tex Guinan~
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> 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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> Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
> ~Doug Larson~
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> If you want a real friend that you can trust in Washington get a dog.
> -Harry Truman