Politics(235)

"Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster."
James Harvey Robinson

"I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts."
Will Rogers

"Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock."
Will Rogers

"I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!"
Will Rogers

"There ought to be one day - just one - when there is open season on senators."
Will Rogers

"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward."
Franklin D. Roosevelt

"A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead."
Leo Rosten

"I can't let important policy decisions hinge on the fact that an election is coming up every 90 days."
Gerhard Schroeder

"If nominated, I will not run; if elected, I will not serve."
William T. Sherman

"Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote."
William E. Simon