Politics Quotes
Power, governance, and the messy business of organizing human societies.
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"Bipartisan usually means some larger-than-usual deception is afoot."George Carlin
"Have you ever wondered why Republicans are so interested in encouraging people to volunteer in their communities?"George Carlin
"They will gladly give up political prisoners to the point of suicide and murder—anything, anything!"George Carlin
"Politics is the entertainment division of the military-industrial complex."George Carlin
"You know what the problem is? People don't vote. Half the country doesn't even vote."Dave Chappelle
"The drug war is a failure."Dave Chappelle
"Politics is local."Dave Chappelle
"The real obscenity is not the words we use but the world we live in."Lenny Bruce
"Communism is like one big phone company."Lenny Bruce
"The liberals can understand everything but people who don't understand them."Lenny Bruce
"I'm sick of the whole system, and I'm not interested in making nice."Lenny Bruce
"Politics is about who gets to decide, and everyone should have a say."Dave Chappelle
"Politics without principles is empty rhetoric."Richard Pryor
"Politics is too important to be left to politicians alone."Robin Williams
"Politics should be about serving, not dominating."Robin Williams
"Politics is about making difficult choices."Chris Rock
"Politics should serve the people, not divide them."Eddie Murphy
"Politics is the art of compromise and conviction."Dave Chappelle
"Forget the politicians. They are irrelevant. The real power is in the hands of small groups of financial entities and corporations."George Carlin
"The table is tilted folks. The game is rigged. Nobody seems to notice, nobody seems to care."George Carlin
"I'm completely in favor of the separation of church and state. My position is that churches should not be involved in politics."George Carlin
"All the stuff you like has been tested by the government to make sure it doesn't work."George Carlin
"Our country is founded on whitewashing and bull-shit and our religions are based on lies."George Carlin
"You can't have it both ways. You can't love your country and hate the government."George Carlin
"By the way, next time somebody tells you democracy is the best system we've come up with, remember they also think styrofoam is a good idea."George Carlin
"The owner of the company is not an American. He's an international corporate entity."George Carlin
"We have two American political parties - the war party and the corporate party."George Carlin
"The greatest threat to America is not communism. It's moving to Canada."Stephen Colbert
"You can't say the government is the problem and then ask the government to fix it."Stephen Colbert
"The greatest threat facing America is Americans."Stephen Colbert