On the eve of Canada's election day, we are helped to keep things in perspective by the wise words of those who came before.
Political quotes by writers, philosophers, leaders, comedians, politicians...
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber
--Plato
In our age there is no such thing as ‘keeping out of politics.’ All issues are political issues, and politics itself is a mass of lies, evasions, folly, hatred and schizophrenia.
--George Orwell.
The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.
--H. L. Mencken.
Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.
--Mark Twain
A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen
--Winston Churchill
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word
--Charles De Gaulle
Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen
--Bob Edwards
Too bad that all the people who know how to run the country are busy driving taxicabs and cutting hair.
--George Burns
In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
--Napoleon Bonaparte
–Cat
