Sunday, October 18, 2009

About politics


"A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man." e. e. cummings

"Politics is pissing in public." Norman O. Brown

"A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth." Adlai Stevenson

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

"Madness is rare in individuals - but in groups, political parties, nations, and eras it's the rule." Nietzsche

"In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act." George Orwell

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies." Groucho Marx

"A good politician under democracy is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar." H. L. Mencken

"Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable." John Kenneth Galbraith

"When fascism comes to America, it will be wrapped in the flag and carrying the cross." Sinclair Lewis

"I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons." Will Rogers

1 comment:

Kat said...

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Kat