| Mon, 27 May, 21:42 (15 hours ago) | |||
With Elections across the nation…..
Not just in our country,…. it’s relevant across the Globe..
So, here are some witty & pithy quotes to both humour u, and show u the reality.
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 in 1924 Paris Olympics)
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
What happens if a politician drowns in a river?
That is pollution....
What happens if all of them drown?
That is a *solution* ....!!!
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