Political Quotes

He's Ready.

"We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur."

— Al Gore

Politically correct?

"Attaboy, Senator! Atta--uh, girl...person...what are you anyway?"

— Senator Jesse Helms addressing a female colleague

There sure are!

"Sure, there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too."

— Richard Nixon

Democracy

"Democracy used to be a good thing, but now it has gotten into the wrong hands."

— Jesse Helms, Senator from North Carolina

Ahh politics

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies."

— Groucho Marx

Maybe that's why he lost

"Wherever I have gone in this country, I have found Americans."

— Alf Landon, in a campaign speech while running against FDR

He must have inhaled

"It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it."

— Al Gore, Vice President

Politics as usual

"That lowdown scoundrel deserves to be kicked to death by a jackass, and I'm just the one to do it."

— A congressional candidate in Texas

Really?

"If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure."

— Bill Clinton, President

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