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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 09:13 PM
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Treasure Of Quotes On Politics Here:
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong. ~Richard Armour


Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason. ~Author Unknown


Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against. ~W.C. Fields


There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. ~Alexis de Tocqueville


We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate. ~Frank McKinney "Kin" Hubbard


All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field. ~Albert Einstein


Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule - and both commonly succeed, and are right. ~H.L. Mencken, 1956


A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. ~Leonard Bernstein, The New York Times, 30 October 1988


Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches the first prize. ~Saul Bellow


In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. ~Charles de Gaulle


Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber. ~Plato


Way More: http://www.quotegarden.com/politics.html

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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 09:23 PM
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1. I LOVE The Plato Quote !!!
:rofl::bounce::rofl:

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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 09:36 PM
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2. Good stuff there... Thanks.
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WillyT Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-22-10 09:45 PM
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3. Anytime BL !!!
:bounce::hi::bounce:

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