Quotes About Politics

You know, I'm a comedian the same as Bill Maher and Jon Stewart. We all came up the same way. The three of us have interest in politics; I call us fundits, we're fundits! We're not pundits!

I think that no one roiled American politics and sort of scrambled the left/right dynamic more 2015 year than Pope Francis.

For politics is in its essence as Adams had said, the 'systematic organization of hatred': either you were organized or you were not.

Most people get their politics, obviously, from TV shows about senators or movies about them or... all the day-to-day press and the talk shows.

If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of Congress?

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Communism as I see it has no place in the United States, and the American people will not stand for its teachings.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of polities'. All issues are political issues.

Certainly, I approve of political opinions, but there are people who do not know where to stop.

In our age there is no such thing as 'keeping out of politics.' All issues are political issues....

A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.

The senator...was a smart man who had made his way in life with a single-mindedness oblivious to any of those stumbling blocks known as conscience, sworn oaths, justice, duty...

Of all sciences there is none, where first appearances are more deceitful than in politics.

Most politicians lie for the same reason a monkey swings by his tail, which is to say because he can.

Our democracy is but a name. We vote? What does that mean? It means we choose between two bodies of real, though not avowed, autocrats. We choose between Tweedledum and Tweedledee...

Mr. Craig was not above talking politics occasionally, though he piqued himself rather on a wise insight than on specific information.

If a due participation of office is a matter of right how are vacancies to be obtained? Those by death are few by resignation none.

For forms of Government let fools contest. Whate'er is best administered is best.

in our age there is no such thing as " keeping out of politics " all issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and .

I just received the following wire from my generous Daddy "Dear Jack: Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I am going to pay for a landslide."

Party-spirit . . . which at best is but the madness of many for the gain of a few.

Damn your principles! Stick to your party!

The more you read about politics the more you got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

If you ever injected truth into politics you have no politics.