There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer. Gertrude Stein on politics
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 on politics
Conservative, n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others. Ambrose Bierce on politics
Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes. Robert Kennedy on politics
We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate. Kin Hubbard on politics
When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. Edmund Burke on politics
Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. Henry A. Kissinger on politics
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 on politics
Any American who is prepared to run for president should automatically, by definition, be disqualified from ever doing so. Gore Vidal on politics
Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote. William E. Simon on politics
We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. Aesop on politics
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 on politics
In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams on politics
You want a friend in Washington? Get a dog. Harry S. Truman on politics
The successful revolutionary is a statesman, the unsuccessful one a criminal. Erich Fromm on politics
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. John Stuart Mill on politics
Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. Doug Larson on politics
Tradition means giving votes to the most obscure of all classes, our ancestors. It is the democracy of the dead. Tradition refuses to submit to that arrogant oligarchy who merely happen to be walking around. Gilbert K. Chesterton on politics
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. Alexis de Tocqueville on politics
All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway. Harry S. Truman on politics