Utopian Politics

"Anyone who deliberately tries to get himself elected to a public office is permanently disqualified from holding one."

~ Sir Thomas More (Utopia)

Wage War

"My home policy: I wage war; my foreign policy: I wage war. All the time I wage war."

~ Georges Clemenceau (1918)

He Knows Nothing

"He knows nothing and thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career."

~ George Bernard Shaw

Facts Are Stupid

"Facts are stupid things."

~ Ronald Reagan

Counting Votes

"As long as I count the votes what are you going to do about it? Say."

~ William M. "Boss" Tweed

A Tree Is a Tree

"A tree is a tree. How many more do you need to look at?"

~ Ronald Reagan (1966, opposing the California Redwoods Park)

To Err, to Blame

"To err is human. To blame someone else is politics."

~ Hubert Humphrey