Politics and Government Quotes

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

Diplomacy: The patriotic art of lying for one's country.

Alliance: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other's pocket that they cannot separately plunder a third.

Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

The only stable state is the one in which all men are equal before the law

It is error alone which needs the support of government. Truth can stand by itself

A vote is like a rifle; its usefulness depends upon the character of the user

Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.

Vote: The instrument and symbol of a freeman's power to make a fool of himself and a wreck of his country

Peace: In international affairs, a period of cheating between two periods of fighting

So long as governments set the example of killing their enemies, private citizens will occasionally kill theirs.

That government is best which governs least

Communism is like prohibition, it's a good idea but it won't work.

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts

England and America are two countries separated by the same language

The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed