*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~

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

*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, 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 senators.* ~Will Rogers~

“If you want a real friend – that you can trust in Washington – go buy a dog!” ~Harry Truman~