Mankind will never see an end of trouble until... lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power... become lovers of wisdom.
Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.
I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truth about them.
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.
Good leaders are like baseball umpires; they go practically unnoticed when doing their jobs right.
The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.
One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.