I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them. Adlai E. Stevenson
A leader in the Democratic Party is a boss, in the Republican Party he is a leader. Harry S. Truman
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. Ambrose Bierce
There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer. Gertrude Stein
Conservatism has had from its inception vigorously positive, intellectually rigorous agenda and thinking. That agenda should have in my three pillars: strengthen the economy, strengthen our security, and strengthen our families. Mitt Romney
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. Ambrose Bierce
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes. Robert Kennedy
We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate. Kin Hubbard
When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. Henry A. Kissinger
A liberal is a man or a woman or a child who looks forward to a better day, a more tranquil night, and a bright, infinite future. Leonard Bernstein
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. Gore Vidal
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. William E. Simon
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Aesop
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies. Napoleon Bonaparte
In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams