Here are some amusing assertions from politicians; peruse and smile:
"The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter." - Winston Churchill
"I have opinions of my own—strong opinions—but I don't always agree with them." - George H.W. Bush
"I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of a national emergency, even if I'm in a Cabinet meeting." - Ronald Reagan
"In politics, stupidity is not a handicap." - Napoleon Bonaparte
Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedies." - Groucho Marx
"A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen." - Winston Churchill
“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)
Reagan made a humorous comment about his age during a 1984 presidential debate with Walter Mondale. When asked if his age would be a factor in his ability to serve as president, Reagan responded, "I will not make age an issue of this campaign. I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience."While this statement was witty and well-received, it did not directly address Reagan's own age.
"I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself." - Ronald Reagan
"I have often wanted to drown my troubles, but I can't get my wife to go swimming." - Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter
"I am not a member of any organized political party. I am a Democrat." - Will Rogers
"I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones." - Jawaharlal Nehru
" It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." - Winston Churchill (referring to India)
"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." - Winston Churchill
"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting." - Tom Stoppard
"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." - Abraham Lincoln
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both." - Niccolò Machiavelli
"I never make stupid mistakes. Only very, very clever ones." - Jawaharlal Nehru
" It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma." - Winston Churchill (referring to India)
"I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat." - Winston Churchill
"It's not the voting that's democracy, it's the counting." - Tom Stoppard
"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time." - Abraham Lincoln
"It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both." - Niccolò Machiavelli
"The only thing we have to fear is fear itself." - Franklin D. Roosevelt
"The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly,' meaning 'many,' and the word 'ticks,' meaning 'blood-sucking parasites.'" - Larry Hardiman
"In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman." - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
"Behind every great man, there is a woman urging him to greater things." -(?)
My cat understands politics better than many politicians." (?)
"I am the world's most humblest(sic) person." - (?)
"The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly,' meaning 'many,' and the word 'ticks,' meaning 'blood-sucking parasites.'" - Larry Hardiman
"In politics, if you want anything said, ask a man. If you want anything done, ask a woman." - Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher
"Behind every great man, there is a woman urging him to greater things." -(?)
My cat understands politics better than many politicians." (?)
"I am the world's most humblest(sic) person." - (?)
"I did not have se(...)ual relations with that woman." - Former U.S. President Bill Clinton
