APOLITICAL APHORISMS

by **Harry** Mon Jun 29, 2015 2:01 pm

Subject: Apolitical Aphorisms

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

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

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

4. *If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union Speeches, there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven.   *~Will Rogers~

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

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

7. *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~

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

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

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

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

12. BUT - my favorite is from Harry Truman:   If you want a real friend that you can trust in Washington - get a dog...

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
			1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31