Politics Quotes

"The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office."

"The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it if they'd stay there."

"I belong to no organized party. I am a Democrat."

"The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other."

"The only way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly."

"A zoning law is something that lets you keep someone else from using their property the way they want to."

"The minute a thing is long and complicated, they call it a law."

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."

"Being a hero is about the shortest-lived profession on earth, unless you are in politics."

"I tell you folks, all politics is apple sauce."

"Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money just to lose with."

"Speed and efficiency have never been the trademark of democracy."

"The business of America is often placed ahead of the welfare of Americans."

"I am not a member of any organized political party; I am a Democrat."

"I have a liberal agenda, but I'm not radical."

"Politics shapes our world and future."

"Political involvement shapes society."

"The political divisions we see are symptoms of deeper issues in how we relate to each other."

"Politics is theater, and theater is often more honest than politics."

"Politics should serve the people, not the powerful."

"We are not as divided as our politicians."

"Politics is applesauce, and we all know it."

"There ought to be one day, just one, when there is open season on senators."

"The more you read and observe about this politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other."

"You've got to be an optimist to be a Democrat, and you've got to be a humorist to stay one."

"The short memories of American voters is all that saves some of them from being ineligible for re-election."

"Democracy is the best form of government we've ever tried, that's not saying much."

"Every time Congress meets, it costs me money."

"Diplomacy is the art of saying 'nice doggy' until you can find a rock."

"This country has come to feel the same when Congress is in session as when the baby gets hold of a hammer."