Some Thoughts about Politicians... How True !!! • We hang petty thieves and appoint the great thieves to public office. ~ Aesop, Greek slave & fable author • Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher • 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; Im beginning to believe it. ~Quoted in Clarence Darrow for the Defense by Irving Stone. • Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~John Quinton, American actor/writer • 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, the Mark Twain of American Socialism. • I offered my opponents a deal: if they stop telling lies about me, 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. ~Texas Guinan. 19th century American businessman • 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 - English middle-distance runner • I am reminded of a joke: What happens if a politician drowns in a river? Thats pollution. What happens if all of them drown? Thats a solution!
Posted on: Tue, 29 Oct 2013 13:46:03 +0000