“The courts of kings are full of people, but empty of friends.”
“In politics, an absurdity in public business is going into it.”
“The politician who never made a mistake never made a decision.”
“All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.”
“I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.”
“A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.”
“A politician is an ass upon which everyone has sat except a man.”
“There is no more independence in politics than there is in jail.”
“A politician divides mankind into two classes; tools and enemies.”
“In politics a straight line is the shortest distance to disaster.”
“In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.”
“Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time.”
“I'm not a member of any organized political party, I'm a Democrat!”
“I always considered statesmen to be more expendable than soldiers.”
“An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.”
“Politics is the profession of those who have neither trade nor art.”
“Bad officials are the ones elected by good citizens who do not vote.”
“In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.”
“The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.”
“Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics.”
“Things must be done by parties, not by persons using parties as tools.”
“Mediocrity in politics is not to be despised. Greatness is not needed.”
“Prosperity and is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.”
“Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed.”
“There are times in politics when you must be on the right side and lose.”
“Politics is a profession where the paths of glory lead but to the gravy.”
“People who leave Washington do so by way of the box... ballet or coffin.”
“The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.”
“Unlike presidential administrations, problems rarely have terminal dates.”
“The right man, in the right place, at the right time, can steal millions.”