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"A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth."
Adlai Stevenson
"The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category."
Adolf Hitler
"In politics shared hatreds are almost always the basis of friendships."
Alexis de Tocqueville
"The last thing a political party gives up is its vocabulary."
Alexis de Tocqueville
"If we are to abolish the death penalty, I should like to see the first step taken by my friends the murderers."
Alphonse Karr
"I think that a young state, like a young virgin, should modestly stay at home, and wait the application of suitors for an alliance with her; and not run about offering her amity to all the world; and hazarding their refusal. Our virgin is a jolly one; and tho at present not very rich, will in time be a great fortune, and where she has a favorable predisposition, it seems to me well worth cultivating."
Ambrose Bierce
"In our civilization, and under our republican form of government, intelligence is so highly honored that it is rewarded by exemption from the cares of office."
Ambrose Bierce
"We know what happens to people who stay in the middle of the road. They get run over."
Ambrose Bierce
"Man is by nature a political animal."
Aristotle
"My political ambitions have nothing to do with vanity or the desire for power. I want to help people. I owe them something after all they've done for me."
Arnold Schwarzenegger
"I would rather be governor of California than own Austria."
Arnold Schwarzenegger
"Individual rights are not subject to a public vote; a majority has no right to vote away the rights of a minority; the political function of rights is precisely to protect minorities from oppression by majorities (and the smallest minority on earth is the individual)."
Ayn Rand
"Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God."
Benjamin Franklin
"It takes a long time to turn a big country around."
Bill Clinton
"The White House: I don't know whether it's the finest public housing in America or the crown jewel of the prison system."
Bill Clinton
"The Vice Presidency is sort of like the last cookie on the plate. Everybody insists he won't take it, but somebody always does."
Bill Vaughan
"If you look back on the '60s and think there was more good than harm, you're probably a Democrat. If you think there was more harm than good, you're probably a Republican."
Bill Clinton
"Perhaps one of the most important accomplishments of my administration has been minding my own business."
Calvin Coolidge
"How can one conceive of a one-party system in a country that has over 200 varieties of cheeses?"
Charles de Gaulle
"One word sums up probably the responsibility of any vice president, and that one word is 'to be prepared'."
Dan Quayle
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