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~   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~   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 traced; go into politics 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 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~   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~   A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country. ~Tex Guinan~   I have come to the conclusion that politics is 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 Congressmen. ~Will Rogers~