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| Ambrose Bierce | In legislative bodies, it is customary to mention all members as honorable; as, "the honorable gentleman is a scurvy cur." | |
| Andy Warhol | I am a deeply superficial person. | |
| Cleveland Amory (1917 - 1998) | I can't take a well-tanned person seriously. | |
| David Lloyd George | A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he is a statesman. | |
| Doug Larson | Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. | |
| George F. Will | Socialism, born and raised in France, is unpersuasive even to the promiscuously persuadable French. | |
| Gore Vidal (1925 - ) | Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is some evidence that they can't read them either. | |
| Gwilym Lloyd George | Politicians are like monkeys. The higher they climb up the tree, the more revolting are the parts they expose. | |
| H. L. Mencken | A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. | |
| Henry Cate VII | The problem with political jokes is they get elected. | |
| Henry David Thoreau | I went to the store the other day to buy a bolt for our front door, for as I told the storekeeper, the Governor was coming here. Aye, said he, and the Legislature too. Then I will take two bolts, said I. | |
| Henry Miller | One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one. | |
| Herb Caen | Cockroaches and socialites are the only things that can stay up all night and eat anything. | |
| Jay Leno | The reason there are two senators for each state is so that one can be the designated driver. | |
| Jay Leno | Tom Delay announced he will not run for re-election. However he will continue to serve the people of his state, by making license plates. | |
| John Alejandro King a.k.a. The Covert Comic | Underhead reconnaissance is the greater INT by far. | |
| Judge Judy | When you mess around with jail-bait, you accept the consequences. | |
| Lily Tomlin (1939 - ) | Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them. | |
| Maureen Murphy | The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces. | |
| Nikita Khrushchev | Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river. | |
| Oscar Levant | I once said cynically of a politician, "He'll double-cross that bridge when he comes to it." | |
| Quentin Crisp | Never keep up with the Joneses. Drag them down to your level. | |
| Robin Williams | Politicians are a lot like diapers: they should be changed frequently, and for the same reason. | |
| Simon Cameron | An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. |
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