Deal

I offered my opponents a deal: "if they stop telling lies about me, I will stop telling the truth about them".
- Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952.

The same

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.
- Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet politician

Political quotes-America

America is much more than a geographical fact.  It is a political and moral fact - the first community in which men set out in principle to institutionalize freedom, responsible government, and human equality.  

- Adlai Stevenson

Life Cycle Of Democracy

Life Cycle Of Democracy

In 1887 Alexander Tyler, a Scottish history professor at the University of Edinborough, had  said.

"A democracy is always temporary in nature; it simply cannot exist as a permanent form of government. A democracy will continue to exist up until the time that voters discover that they can vote themselves generous gifts from the public treasury. From that moment on, the majority always votes for the candidates who promise the most benefits from the public treasury, with the result that every democracy will finally collapse over loose fiscal policy, (which is) always followed by a dictatorship."

"The average age of the world's greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been about 200 years. During those 200 years, these nations always progressed through the following sequence:

From bondage to spiritual faith;
From spiritual faith to great courage;
From courage to liberty;
From liberty to abundance;
From abundance to complacency;
From complacency to apathy;
From apathy to dependence;
From dependence back into bondage."

The basic things

 If leaders are careless about basic things - telling the truth, respecting moral codes, proper professional conduct - who can believe them on other issues?"
- James L. Hayes

Political quotes-Right to be represented

"In democracy everyone has the right to be represented, even the jerks."
- Chris Patten, Former UK MP and Governor of Hong Kong.

Sarcastic jokes-Military secrets

An intelligence officer with the Canadian armed forces has been arrested for passing Canadian military secrets to a terrorist group. I don't know what's more shocking, the fact that he did that or that Canada has military secrets.
- Jay Leno

Political quotes-Future wars

"There's a plan for the Pentagon to cut almost half a trillion dollars from the military. The Pentagon plans to pay for future wars by divorcing Kobe Bryant."
- Conan O'Brien

Sarcastic quotes-Dumped glitter

''A gay activist dumped glitter all over Newt Gingrich. He wants Newt to stop being against gay marriage. But Newt believes marriage is a sacred bond between a man and his wife and his mistress and the other woman he's seeing on the side.''
- Jay Leno

Safest thing

Liberty is always dangerous, but it is the safest thing we have.  

- Harry Emerson Fosdick

Famous people quotes-Bill of Rights

A Bill of Rights is what the people are entitled to against every government, and what no just government should refuse.
- Thomas Jefferson

Political quotes-Alien invasion

"I make my choice for president based on how well each candidate would handle an alien invasion."
- Jimmy Kimmel

Political quotes-Birth certificate

Donald Trump said he was going to run for president and then he didn't run. But now he may be serious because I understand he has demanded to see his own birth certificate.
- David Letterman

Sarcastic quotes-Average age

According to research a person's brain power starts to diminish after 45, which explains a lot about Congress since their average age is 58.

Political quotes-Top accomplishments

President Obama's campaign has just released a highlight reel of his top accomplishments. Don't worry it's very short. There's an introduction, ending credits and that's it.

Sarcastic quotes-Disgraceful

Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich sentenced to 14 years in prison. This is the most disgraceful thing to happen to an Illinois governor since their last governor.
- Jay Leno

Political quotes-Copyright

''What?! The congressman had a sex scandal and had to apologize to Bill Clinton? For what?! Copyright infringement?''
- Jon Stewart , on Weinergate

Sarcastic quotes-Boyhood home

''The boyhood home of Bill Clinton has been designated as a National Historic Site. It's great, but I hope it stops there. Because there are a million places that can say 'Bill Clinton Slept Here.'''
-Craig Ferguson

Sarcastic quotes-Unidentified source

Nobody believes the official spokesman...but everybody trusts an unidentified source.
- Ron Nesen

Sarcastic quotes-Blame

Democracy is the process by which people choose the man who'll get the blame.
- Bertrand Russell