Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2003-12-10 Dec 10, 2003Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.~ Robert Louis StevensonThe less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night.~ Otto von BismarckA government is the only vessel known to leak from the top.~ James Reston Dec 9, 2003How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg.~ Abraham LincolnBeing in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.~ Eugene McCarthyDon't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.~ Charles M. Schulz Dec 8, 2003If you take out the killings, Washington actually has a very, very low crime rate.~ Mayor Marion BarryIsn't it wonderful to live in a country where anyone can grow up to sleep with the President?~ Kevin FreelsNow I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.~ Bob EdwardsWhen they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.' ~ Unknown Dec 5, 2003The law does not pretend to punish everything that is dishonest. That would seriously interfere with business.~ Clarence S. DarrowThe gambling known as business looks with austere disfavor upon the business known as gambling.~ Ambrose BierceLottery tickets are the only consumer products actively promoted and sold by the state. The state does not sell toothpaste, or even promote brushing your teeth. But it tells people they should gamble. The main marketing concern is how to attract new players, who otherwise wouldn't gamble.~ I. Nelson Rose Dec 4, 2003The Law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich, as well as the poor, to sleep under the bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.~ Anatole FranceYou are going to let the fear of poverty govern your life and your reward will be that you will eat, but you will not live.~ George Bernard ShawMoney, which represents the prose of life, and which is hardly spoken of in parlors without an apology, is, in its effects and laws, as beautiful as roses.~ Ralph Waldo Emerson Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print