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It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), 'Treasury for the Free World,' 1946
Crime does not pay ... as well as politics.: Alfred E. Newman
Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Man is by nature a political animal.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), Politics
I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.: Charles De Gaulle (1890 - 1970)
Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies.: Dalton Camp
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.: Ernest Benn
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.: Eugene McCarthy (1916 - 2005)
When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.: Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960), Nods and Becks (1944)
The problem with political jokes is they get elected.: Henry Cate VII
Most people assume the fights are going to be the left versus the right, but it always is the reasonable versus the jerks.: Jimmy Wales, Keynote Speech, SXSW 2006
Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory.: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'.: Larry Hardiman
Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.: Lester B. Pearson (1897 - 1972)
Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.: Mao Tse-Tung (1893 - 1976)
Politics has less to do with where you live than where your heart is.: Margaret Cho, weblog, 01-18-04
Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.: Mark B. Cohen
Politics is the art of the possible.: Otto Von Bismarck (1815 - 1898), remark, Aug. 11, 1867
Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them.: Paul Valery (1871 - 1945), Tel Quel 2 (1943)
In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves.: R. A. Butler (1902 - 1982)
Politics is largely a matter of heart.: R. A. Butler (1902 - 1982)
Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.: Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
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 (1911 - 2004)
Politics is applesauce.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), Illiterate Digest (1924), "Breaking into the Writing Game"


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