Aphorisms

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

free of financial burden.

~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.