Politics Wishes and Status Messages - Page 5

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. -Richard Armour

During a campaign the air is full of speeches - and vice versa. -Anonymous

We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in. -Will Rogers

Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. -Dwight D. Eisenhower

Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against. -W.C. Fields

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy. -Theodore White

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

A lot of fellows nowadays have a B.A., M.D., or Ph.D. Unfortunately, they don''t have a J.O.B. -Fats Domino

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government. -Edward Abbey

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party. -Winston Churchill

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. -Plato

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.

Good leaders are like baseball umpires; they go practically unnoticed when doing their jobs right. -Byrd Baggett

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. -Charles de Gaulle

A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit. -John C. Maxwell

Mankind will never see an end of trouble until... lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power... become lovers of wisdom. -Plato

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

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. -Richard Armour

During a campaign the air is full of speeches - and vice versa.

We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in.

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them. -Adlai Stevenson

Mankind will never see an end of trouble until... lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power... become lovers of wisdom.

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.

I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.

Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought. -Dwight Morrow

Government is like a baby. An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. - Ronald Reagan