Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Comment on this quoteShare via Email Print this Page Daily Quotes Archives2007-02-12 Feb 12, 2007Politics is not the art of the possible. It consists in choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable.~ John Kenneth GalbraithThere is no act, however virtuous, for which ingenuity may not find some bad motive.~ Thomas JeffersonGovernment is not reason, it is not eloquence. It is force, and like fire, it is a dangerous servant and a fearful master.~ George Washington Feb 9, 2007The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night.~ Otto von BismarckIn the fight between you and the world, back the world.~ Frank ZappaThere is no distinctly native American criminal class save Congress.~ Mark Twain Feb 8, 2007On account of being a democracy and run by the people, we are the only nation in the world that has to keep a government four years, no matter what it does.~ Will RogersPoliticians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.~ Arthur C. ClarkeAn honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.~ Simon Cameron Feb 7, 2007It is necessary for me to establish a winner image. Therefore, I have to beat somebody.~ Richard M. NixonPolitics is the art of the possible.~ R. A. ButlerIdeological talk and phrase mongering about political liberties should be disposed with; all that is just mere chatter and phrase mongering. We should get away from those phrases.~ Vladimir Ilyich LeninThe opposition is indispensable. A good statesmen, like any other sensible human being, always learns more from his opponents than from his fervent supporters.~ Walter Lippmann Feb 6, 2007Whenever you find you are on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.~ Mark TwainIt is possible to read the history of this country as one long struggle to extend the liberties established in our Constitution to everyone in America.~ Molly IvinsPoliticians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.~ Nikita KhrushchevOne of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.~ Plato Previous week's quotes Next week's quotes Share on Facebook Tweet Email Print