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Words of wisdom from people with razor-sharp insights.

            If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.

                                                                        ~ Jay Leno ~

             The problem with political jokes is they get elected.

                                                                        ~ Henry Cate VII

             We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

                                                                        ~ Aesop ~

             If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn’t be any inducement to go to heaven.

                                                                        ~ Will Rogers ~

             Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.                                                                  ~ Nikita Khrushchev ~

             When I was a boy, I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.                                                                         ~ Clarence Darrow ~

             Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you.                                                            ~ Author unknown ~

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.                                                                   ~ John Quinton ~

            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 ~

 

            I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.                                       ~ Adlai Stevenson ~

            A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

                                                                        ~ Tex Guinan ~

 

            I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.                                                      ~ Charles de Gaulle ~

            Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

                                                                        ~ Doug Larson ~

   

These wise words of wit and perception are offered with a sense of humor and a big smile, in the hope that some of them will bring a big smile to your face.