Law and Politics
163 aphorisms · 7 comments
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tiny.ag/7j6zgqod · submitted 1997
A diplomat is a man who can convince his wife she'd look stout in a fur coat.
Unknown, in Law and Politics and Men and Women
tiny.ag/uqnuiixs · submitted 1997
A liberal is someone too poor to be a capitalist, and too rich to be a communist.
tiny.ag/auqhpii7 · submitted 1997
A person who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal.
tiny.ag/joubc6r8 · submitted 1997
A political campaign starts when a politician stops working and goes about making speeches about all the work he intends to do.
Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics
tiny.ag/ho6hzfu5 · submitted 1997
A political machine is a united minority working against a divided majority.
Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics
tiny.ag/sl9dtwjl · submitted 1997
A reactionary is a man whose political opinions always manage to keep up with yesterday.
tiny.ag/4yehmrsj · submitted 1997
All extremists should be taken out and shot.
tiny.ag/mghtjmlg · submitted 1997
Anarchy may not be a better form of government, but it's better than no government at all.
tiny.ag/toiqhdlg · submitted 1997
Anybody who wants the presidency so much that he'll spend two years organizing and campaigning for it is not to be trusted with the office.
tiny.ag/nsami72o · submitted 1997
I either want less corruption, or more chance to participate in it.
Ashleigh Brilliant, Brilliant Thoughts (copyright info: www.ashleighbrilliant.com), in Altruism and Cynicism and Law and Politics
tiny.ag/ohswxac4 · submitted 1997
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
tiny.ag/vdyroj5m · submitted 1997
What is the robbing of a bank compared to the founding of a bank?
tiny.ag/kzothtfn · submitted 1997
For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
tiny.ag/5u0stmi1 · submitted 1997
A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.
tiny.ag/sq8ko4bm · submitted 1997
America is the only country that went from barbarism to decadence without civilization in between.
tiny.ag/e5isa1rp · submitted 1997
I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts.
tiny.ag/czwb1kco · submitted 1997
Free people, remember this maxim: We may acquire liberty, but it is never recovered if it is once lost.
tiny.ag/phtkn2xv · submitted 1997
Counterfeit exists because there is such a thing as real gold.
tiny.ag/yuvqmpjc · submitted 1997
Men make history, and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
tiny.ag/vdjyoa1u · submitted 1997
A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who has never learned to walk.
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