Apolitical Aphorisms

If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. 
~Jay Leno~ 

The problem with political jokes is they get elected. 
~Henry Cate, VII~ 

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office 
~Aesop~ 

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union
speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven. 
~Will Rogers~

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; I'm
beginning to believe it. 
~Clarence Darrow~ 

Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your
opponents will do it for you. 
~Author unknown~ 

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go
out and buy some more tunnel.
~John Quinton~ 

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~ 

I offer my opponents a bargain if they will stop telling lies about us, 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. 
~ Tex Guinan~

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~ 

There ought to be one day -- just one -- when there is open season on
senators. 
~Will Rogers~