The problem with political jokes is they get elected. ~ Henry Cate VII

 

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~ Aesop

 

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

 

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. ~ Nikita Khrushchev

 

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it. ~ Clarence Darrow

 

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. ~ Author unknown

 

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~ John Quinton

 

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

 

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

 

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

~ Tex Guinan

 

I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ~ Charles de Gaulle

 

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~ Doug Larson

 

There ought to be one day — just one — when there is open season on senators. ~ Will Rogers

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