Clever Quotations on Politics

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed, and are right. – H.L. Mencken, 1956

Truth is not determined by majority vote. – Doug Gwyn

Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them. – Paul Valery

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

The best politics is no politics. – Henry M. Jackson

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning. – Adlai E. Stevenson

The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces. – Maureen Murphy