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(@alana33)
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Nonpartisan Political Quotes (Satire)..

We hang petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.
~Aesop, Greek slave & fable author

Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed
by those who are dumber.
~Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher

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

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

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, "the Mark Twain of American Socialism."

I offered my opponents a deal: "if they stop telling lies about me, I will
stop telling the truth about them".
~Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952..

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
~ Texas Guinan. 19th century American businessman

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

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to
change the locks.
~Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold medals at the 1924
Olympic Games in Paris , 1902-1981)

Joke: What happens if a politician drowns in a river? That is pollution.
What happens if all of them drown? That is solution!!!


 
Posted : April 12, 2013 7:40 pm
(@IslandHops)
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"Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go
out and buy some more tunnel.
~John Quinton, American actor/writer

Brilliant! (although I think he was talking about the WAPA board).


 
Posted : April 15, 2013 1:58 pm
(@LiquidFluoride)
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Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed
by those who are dumber.
~Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher

I think plato just rolled over in his grave...

I've never seen a quote hacked so bad, it's not even written in the style of plato.. "dumber" really?

This is one of my favorite quotes:

"One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors."
- Plato


 
Posted : April 15, 2013 3:47 pm
(@alana33)
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Glad you cleared that up!;)


 
Posted : April 15, 2013 6:50 pm

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