Top Drift, but timely:
10 Quotes About Politicians
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
An honest man in politics shines more there than he would elsewhere - Mark Twain
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word - Charles De Gaulle
When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators - PJ O’Rourke
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process - John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber - Plato
Statesmen tell you what is true even though it may be unpopular. Politicians will tell you what is popular, even though it may be untrue - Anonymous
A politician thinks of the next election - a statesman of the next generation - James Freeman Clarke
Now I know what a statesman is; he’s a dead politician. We need more statesmen - Bob Edwards
Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress .... But I repeat myself - Mark Twain
Plato was one smart dude.