Funnies from Ginny (thanks)

Apolitical Aphorisms

 

"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 figured out - run for office 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 are 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 truth about them."

                                                                     ~Adlai Stevenson~

 

"A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country."

                                                                      ~ Tex Guinan~

 

"I have come to the conclusion that politics are 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 politicians."

                                                                     ~Will Rogers