During a campaign the air is full of speeches – and vice versa.

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

We’d all like to vote for the best man, but he’s never a candidate.

Dillema: A politician trying to save both sides of his face at once.

The world’s smallest gathering is a politician collecting his thoughts.

Artificial hearts are nothing new. Politicians have had them for years.

Third Rule of Politics: Always dodge the issues in a straightforward way.

In archaeology you uncover the unknown. In diplomacy you cover the known.

How come we choose from just two people to run for president and 50 for Miss America?

Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary.

Although he is regularly asked to do so, God does not take sides in American politics.’

Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

In crime they say: “Take the money and run.” In politics they say: “Run and take the money.”

Politician: Someone who, when they see the light at the end of the tunnel, order more tunnel.

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

Remember, you can’t fool all the people all the time—but you must fool them during the campaign.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges, even where there are no rivers’.

Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber.