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Apolitical Aphorisms

Posted: 02-27-2014 12:26 AM
by Riddick
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, campaign speech, 1952~

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~

There ought to be one day -- just one -- when there is open season on Congressmen. ~Will Rogers~

Posted: 02-27-2014 01:46 AM
by SquidInk
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. ~Aesop~
Ain't it the truth, my Friend?

Posted: 02-27-2014 02:16 AM
by SquidInk
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. ~ Tex Guinan~
OMFG! True.

Posted: 02-27-2014 10:03 AM
by Cherry Kelly
Made me smile!! :)

good ones!

Posted: 02-27-2014 03:53 PM
by starrmtn001
I LOVE this Riddick!

I'm stealing it. :burnslaug