Politics(235)

"It is enough that the people know there was an election. The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything."
Joseph Stalin

"There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer."
Gertrude Stein

"The idea that you can merchandise candidates for high office like breakfast cereal - that you can gather votes like box tops - is, I think, the ultimate indignity to the democratic process."
Adlai E. Stevenson

"A diplomat is a person who can tell you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip."
Caskie Stinnett

"I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious."
Oliver Stone

"In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man; if you want anything done, ask a woman."
Margaret Thatcher

"I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end."
Margaret Thatcher

"There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle."
Alexis de Tocqueville

"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

"He loved politicians - even Republicans."
Margaret Truman