In most places in the country, voting is looked upon as a right and a duty, but in Chicago it's a sport. Dick Gregory on politics
If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. Louis D. Brandeis on politics
I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows. Edward Koch on politics
When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President I'm beginning to believe it. Clarence Darrow on politics
America's present need is not heroics but healing not nostrums but normalcy not revolution but restoration. Warren G. Harding on politics
The activist is not the man who says the river is dirty. The activist is the man who cleans up the river. Ross Perot on politics
Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. Thurgood Marshall on politics
For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred. John W. Gardner on politics
You may think the president is all-powerful, but he is not. He needs a lot of guidance from the Lord. Barbara Bush on politics
Politics is the art of choosing between the disastrous and the unpalatable. John Kenneth Galbraith on politics
You cannot spend your way out of recession or borrow your way out of debt. Daniel Hannan on politics
Liberalism is, I think, resurgent. One reason is that more and more people are so painfully aware of the alternative. John Kenneth Galbraith on politics
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant. Charles de Gaulle on politics
When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale. John W. Gardner on politics
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits. Woodrow Wilson on politics
The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. R. Buckminster Fuller on politics
Do you ever get the feeling that the only reason we have elections is to find out if the polls were right? Robert Orben on politics
I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something. Woodrow Wilson on politics