Top 10 Political Quotes

Is it just me or are you all sick of the political mudslinging going on at Presidential Campaign Headquarters on both sides of the fence? It is hard to believe anything that either one is saying about the other. Didn’t they both begin their campaigns by saying they were going to take the high road and not run smear campaigns? The bigger question here is, how am I going to segue into a new top 10 list? For starters, I am not going to choose sides. I would rather shift the light onto laughter and a comedic view of politics as a whole. Here are my Top 10 favorite political quotes:

1. “I contend that for a nation to try to tax itself into prosperity is like a man standing in a bucket
and trying to lift himself up by the handle.” – Winston Churchill

2. “Democracy must be something more than two wolves and a sheep voting on what to have for dinner.” – James Bovard

3. “A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.”
- George Bernard Shaw

4. “Foreign aid might be defined as a transfer of money from poor people in rich countries to rich people in poor countries. – Douglas Casey

5. “Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys.”
- P.J. O’Rourke

6. “Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.” – Frederic Bastiat

7. “Government’s view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it.” – Ronald Reagan

8. “I don’t make jokes… I just watch the government and report the facts.” – Will Rogers

9. “If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it’s free!”
- P.J. O’Rourke

10. “Just because you do not take an interest in politics doesn’t mean politics won’t take an interest in you!” – Pericles (430 B.C.)

There should be a seperate column just for Dan Quayle quotes. Here are some of my favorites listed as honerable mention.

“If we don’t succeed, we run the risk of failure.”

“We are ready for an unforseen event that may or may not occur.”

“It isn’t pollution that’s harming the environment. It’s the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.”

“I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix.”

“The loss of life will be irreplaceable.”

“I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have is that I didn’t study my Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.”

“What a waste it is to lose one’s mind. Or not to have a mind is being very wasteful. How true that is.”

“I stand by all the misstatements that I’ve made.”

Ánd just remember, he was our 44th Vice President. Who would have thunk it?