Why Didn’t I Think of That


If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.  ~Jay Leno~



The problem with political jokes is they get elected.  ~Henry Cate, VII~



We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office  ~Aesop~



Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.  ~Nikita Khrushchev~



When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.  ~Clarence Darrow~



Why pay money to have your family tree traced; go into politics and your opponents will do it for you. ~Author unknown



Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel. ~John Quinton



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



I offer my opponents a bargain: if they will stop telling lies about us, I will stop telling the truthabout them. ~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952



A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. ~ Tex Guinan~



I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. ~Charles de Gaulle



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



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