Politics and politicians - the wisdom of the ages
Apr 4, 2024 08:57:51 #
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 Mark Twain of American Socialism."_
I offered my opponents a deal:
"if they stop telling lies about me,
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. 19th century American businessman_
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
_~Charles de Gaulle, French general & politician_
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
_~Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, 1902-1981)_
We hang petty thieves
and appoint the bigger thieves to public office.
_~Aesop, Greek slave & fable author_
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
_~Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher_
Politicians are the same all over.
They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
_~Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Russian politician_
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president; I'm beginning to believe it.
_~Quoted in 'Clarence Darrow for the Defense' by Irving Stone._
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel,
go out and buy some more tunnels.
_~John Quinton, American actor/writer_
votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich,
by promising to protect each from the other.
_~Oscar Ameringer, "the Mark Twain of American Socialism."_
I offered my opponents a deal:
"if they stop telling lies about me,
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. 19th century American businessman_
I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
_~Charles de Gaulle, French general & politician_
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.
_~Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924 Olympic Games in Paris, 1902-1981)_
We hang petty thieves
and appoint the bigger thieves to public office.
_~Aesop, Greek slave & fable author_
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
_~Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher_
Politicians are the same all over.
They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
_~Nikita Khrushchev, Soviet Russian politician_
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president; I'm beginning to believe it.
_~Quoted in 'Clarence Darrow for the Defense' by Irving Stone._
Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel,
go out and buy some more tunnels.
_~John Quinton, American actor/writer_
Apr 4, 2024 09:25:53 #
They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
This actually happened in Lake Havasu AZ. Although McCullough wasn't a politician per se, but he did build a bridge in the desert, then dug a channel under it.
This actually happened in Lake Havasu AZ. Although McCullough wasn't a politician per se, but he did build a bridge in the desert, then dug a channel under it.
Apr 4, 2024 09:43:49 #
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Apr 5, 2024 05:58:32 #
flashgordonbrown
Loc: Silverdale, WA
alberio wrote:
They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
This actually happened in Lake Havasu AZ. Although McCullough wasn't a politician per se, but he did build a bridge in the desert, then dug a channel under it.
This actually happened in Lake Havasu AZ. Although McCullough wasn't a politician per se, but he did build a bridge in the desert, then dug a channel under it.
That would be the London Bridge. It was taken apart in London and the pieces numbered and shipped to Havasu and re-assembled!
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