Tag: P.J. O’Rourke
Great Political Truths
Great Political Truths1. In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress. ~ John Adams 2. If you don’t read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed. ~ Mark Twain 3. Suppose you were an idiot. 4. I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket and trying to lift himself up by the handle. ~ Winston Churchill 5. A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. ~ George Bernard Shaw 6. A liberal is someone who feels a great debt to his fellow man, which debt he proposes to pay off with your money. ~ G. Gordon Liddy 7. Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. ~ P.J. O’Rourke, Civil Libertarian 8. Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: 9. I don’t make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. ~ Will Rogers 10. If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free! ~ P. J. O’Rourke 11. No man’s life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session. ~ Mark Twain (1866) 12. Talk is cheap, except when Congress does it. ~ Anonymous 13. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of the blessings. The inherent blessing of socialism is the equal sharing of misery. ~ Winston Churchill 14. The only difference between a tax man and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin. ~ Mark Twain 15. There is no distinctly Native American criminal class, save Congress. ~ Mark Twain 16. What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. ~ Edward Langley, Artist (1928-1995) 17. A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have. |
Political Quotes
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 acceptance speeches there wouldn’t be any inducement to go to heaven. ~ Will Rogers
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~ Plato
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
If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates. ~ Jay Leno
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
The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it. ~ P.J. O’Rourke
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. ~ Texas Guinan
Any American who is prepared to run for President should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. ~ Gore Vidal
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
Don’t vote, it only encourages them. ~ Author Unknown
There ought to be one day – just one – when there is open season on senators. ~ Will Rogers