Quotes About Politics

He serves his party best who serves the country best.

Party honesty is party expediency.

Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the party.

There is Ontario patriotism, Quebec patriotism, or Western patriotism; each based on the hope that it may swallow up the others, but there is no Canadian patriotism, and we can have no Canadian nation when we have no Canadian patriotism.

All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure.

Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.

Reagan won because he ran against Jimmy Carter. Had he run unopposed he would have lost.

Successful democratic politicians are insecure and intimidated men. They advance politically only as they placate, appease, bribe, seduce, bamboozle or otherwise manage to manipulate the demanding and threatening elements in their constituencies.

The British House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull. This is not always easy to achieve.

A Conservative is a fellow who is standing athwart history yelling 'Stop!'

Greater love hath no man than this, that he lay down his friends for his political life.

I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in, and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position, I'd have done the same.

Our Congressmen are the finest body of men money can buy.

I'm not a member of any organized party, I'm a Democrat.

He knows nothing; he thinks he knows everything - that clearly points to a political career.

One of the luxuries of a politican's life is that you see yourself as others see you.

You do not know, you cannot know, the difficulty of the life of a politician. It means every minute of the day or night, every ounce of your energy. There is no rest, no relaxation. Enjoyment? A politician does not know the meaning of the word.

A politician divides mankind into two classes: tools and enemies.

An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

A ginooine statesman should be on his guard, if he must hev beliefs, not to b'lieve 'em too hard.

More men have been elected between Sundown and Sunup than ever were elected between Sunup and Sundown.

I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.