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Politicians Quotes by H. L. Mencken
- The aim of public education is not to spread enlightenment at all; it is simply to reduce as many individuals as possible to the same…
- Save among politicians it is no longer necessary for any educated American to profess belief in Thirteenth Century ideas
- No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional politicians are dedicated…
- Of all the classes of men, I dislike the most those who make their livings by talking - actors, clergymen, politicians, pedagogues, and so on.…
- A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
- When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians…
- A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.
- Consider... the university professor. What is his function? Simply to pass on to fresh generations of numskulls a body of so-called knowledge that is fragmentary,…
More Politicians Quotes
- Under every stone lurks a politician. — Aristophanes
- Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness. — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump… — Russell Baker
- November is Hip-Hop History Month, where we give celebration to what hip hop has done to bring together people of the world,… — Afrika Bambaataa
- The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you… — Franklin P. Adams
- The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really… — Roseanne Barr
- More and more political analysts and weak-kneed politicians are advising the historically pro-life Republican Party to abandon its pro-life stance for political… — Gary Bauer
- The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. — Tony Benn
- Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more… — Wendell Berry
- It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the… — Luc Besson
- I don't need politicians doing a 24-hour prayer with Oral Roberts to get our country back on track. — Lewis Black