Fw: Politics

Good food for thought and sadly much is true

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From: Jim Solomon
Sent: Friday, December 07, 2018 4:04 PM
Subject: Politics
Subject: Fwd: Lots of truth, and wisdom . . .

POLITICS

"If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates." ~Jay Leno~
"The problem with political jokes is they get elected." ~Henry Cate, VII~
"We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office." ~Aesop~
"If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches,
there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven." ~Will Rogers~
"Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is
no river." ~Nikita Khrushchev~
"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm beginning to
believe it." ~Clarence Darrow~
"Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents
will do it for you." ~Author unknown~
"Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and
buy some more tunnel." ~John Quinton~
"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." ~Oscar Ameringer~
"I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will
stop
telling the truth about them." ~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952~
"A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country." ~ Tex Guinan~
"I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the
politicians." ~Charles de Gaulle~
"Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city,it might be better to change the
locks." ~Doug Larson~
"There ought to be one day -- just one --when there is open season on Congressmen."
~Will Rogers~
"If you want a real friend that you can trust in Washington, get a dog." - Harry
Truman -