Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy – Ernest Benn
In politics, absurdity is not a handicap – Napoleon Bonaparte
Practical politics consists in ignoring facts – Henry Adams
Nowhere are prejudices more mistaken for truth, passion for reason and invective for documentation than in politics – John Mason Brown
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,
Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country – and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians – Charles Krauthammer
A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life – Robert Byrne
We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics – Hubert H. Humphrey
We have the best government that money can buy – Mark Twain
A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate – Eric Idle
Actually, what politics is about, and this is serious now, is when you have different people with different ideas and opinions and they need to create a solution, so they use politics to ensure that everyone is equally as unhappy with the outcome.
Politics is about power and money and seldom about the people. I don’t believe we are equally unhappy.
Reblogged this on Peter's pondering and commented:
How very true these quotes are – works for both sides of the pond!
Thank you for the reblog Peter.
Funny, but, unfortunately, quite accurate!