"A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country."
~ Texas Guinan ~

"The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed."
~ Claude D. Pepper ~

"We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate."
~ Frank McKinney Hubbard ~

"The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'."
~ Larry Hardiman ~

"The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority."
~ Will Durant ~

"Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke."
~ Will Rogers ~

"In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap."
~ Napoleon Bonaparte ~

"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 ~

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
~ Plato ~