Politics Quotes - Page 35

There is not a more perilous or immoral habit of mind than the sanctifying of success.

In politics, as in poetry, it is sometimes true that it is darkest before dawn.

Political success is the ability, when the inevitable occurs, to get credit for it.

I would dodge, not lie, in the national interest.

There is no cause so good or noble that it will not attract fuggheads; and the fuggheads will get all the press.

A government can be compared to our lungs. Our lungs are best when we don't realize they are helping us breathe. It is when we are constantly aware of our lungs that we know they have come down with an illness.

The only difference between Hitler and Bush is that Hitler was elected.

For a person who promised hope and civility in politics, Mr. Obama has shown a borderline obsessiveness in blaming Mr. Bush.

If you really want to diminish a candidate, depict him as the foil of his handler. This is as old in American politics as politics itself.

If we do with Latinos what we did with African-Americans, Republicans and conservatives will be doomed.

Liberals and conservatives are opponents in the most literal sense, each using the myth of pure evil to demonize the other side and unite there own.

For every talent that poverty has stimulated it has blighted a hundred.

...open-market democratic capitalism isn't the best system of government in the world, it just works the best.

In Cyberspace, the First Amendment is a local ordinance.

There are few ironclad rules of diplomacy but to one there is no exception. When an official reports that talks were useful, it can safely be concluded that nothing was accomplished.

Protection and patriotism are reciprocal.

There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better.

I see it all the time in politics. If a candidate gets caught in a lie, he quickly tries to change the subject by throwing more mud at his opponent. The mud keeps flying until some of the slanderous material sticks.

Osama bin Laden is dead, and General Motors is alive.

Republicans are so empty-headed, they wouldn't make a good landfill.

Even a little dog can piss on a big building.

The abjection of our political situation is the only true challenge today. Only facing up to this situation in all its desperation can help us get out of it.

Nothing is irreparable in politics.

When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.

Politics is the art of acquiring, holding, and wielding power.