Society...Institutions...POLITICS
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1231 PH
“Politician: Someone who can borrow $20, pay back $10 and declare you’re even because you
both lost $10.” — Ken Alstad
POLITICS, Perception, Accountability
1232 H
“A politician is one who thinks twice before saying nothing.” — Unknown
POLITICS, Thought, Prudence, Speeches
1233 P
“Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.” — Nikita Khrushchev
POLITICS, Effectiveness, Dishonesty
1234
“Public office is the last refuge of the incompetent.” — Boies Penrose
POLITICS, Accountability, Ignorance, Errors
1235
“Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.”
— Robert Louis Stevenson
POLITICS, Planning
1236 H
“Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing is incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies.” — Groucho (Julius) Marx
POLITICS, Government, Decision Making, Judgment
1237 P
“When politicians complain that TV turns the proceedings into a circus, it should be made clear that the circus was already there, and that TV has merely demonstrated that not all the performers are well trained.”
— Edward R. Murrow
POLITICS, Government
1238 H
“Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress; but I repeat myself.” — Mark Twain
POLITICS, Government
1239 H
“I’m not a member of any organized party. I’m a Democrat.” — Will Rogers
POLITICS, Government
1240
“A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.”
— Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
POLITICS, Dishonesty
1241
“Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.” — Charles De Gaulle
POLITICS, Dishonesty, Honor
1242 H
“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 Joseph McCarthy
POLITICS, Health & Fitness
1243 H
“There is an increased demand for codes of ethics in politics, although most office holders are
sworn in with their hand resting on one.” — William (Bill) Vaughan
POLITICS, Government, Principles, Accountability
1244 H
“An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.” — Simon Cameron
POLITICS, Honesty
1245 H
“When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer ‘Present’ or ‘Not guilty’.” — Theodore Roosevelt
POLITICS, Government, Dishonesty, Principles
1246
“All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.” — Joseph Joubert
POLITICS, Government, Law, Leadership
1247 H
“In politics, if you want someone to make a speech, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.”
— Margaret Hilda Thatcher
POLITICS, Speeches
1248 C
“The ballot is stronger than the bullet.” — Abraham Lincoln
POLITICS, Government, War & Peace
1249
“It’s not the voting that’s democracy, it’s the counting.” — Tom Stoppard
POLITICS, Government
1250
“Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.” — George Jean Nathan
POLITICS, Government, Accountability, Procrastination, Pessimism, Decision Making
POLITICS Cross-References
Courage—187 • Charity—805 •
Dishonesty—865, 876 • Principles—956 • God—995 •
Government—1252-1253, 1263 • Law—1302-1303, 1311 •
Speeches—1404
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