916 quotes found
“Elections in L.A. are so different. Here you've got politicians with phony smiles making false promises to voters with fake boobs and bad toupees.”
“Money is the mother's milk of politics.”
“One fifth of the people are against everything all the time.”
“Unlike Churchill I have no plans to shape history. . . . Socrates gave advice - and they poisoned him.”
“What obstructs the vision and is called smog in our big cities is called defining the issues in politics”
“Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.”
“Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it's important.”
“The public is very fickle as I was saying to my cabdriver Gerald Ford.”
“Did you ever see that painting the Mona Lisa. It always reminds me of a reporter listening to a politician.”
“It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.”
“A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.”
“It's nice to have four years between elections. It takes people that long to regain their faith.”
“Men in high levels of government seldom surf.”
“Liberals think you can reform an ax murderer. They don't want to kill anything. They want to change the Listerine labels to "Rehabilitate the germs that cause bad breath."”
“A politician is a person who can make waves and then make you think he's the only one who can save the ship.”
“A conservative is a Democrat who's been mugged. I think we should just tip the government if it does a good job. Fifteen percent is the standard tip isn't it?”
“I'm proud to be paying taxes in the United States. The only thing is - I could be just as proud for half the money.”
“They pick a president and then for four years they pick on him.”
“A politican is an animal who can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.”
“Man is by nature a civic animal.”
