Politics

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Christopher Columbus was the first socialist: he didn't know where he was going, he didn't know where he was and he did it all at taxpayers' expense.

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Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

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First of all they came to take the jipsies
and I was happy, because they were petty thieves.
They then came to take the jews,
and I remained silent, because I didn't like them.
They then came to take the homosexuals,
and I felt relieved, because I found them irritating.
They then came to take the communists,
but I said nothing, for I wasn't a communist.
One day they came to take me,
and there was no one left to protest.

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The first thing to do in case Ronald Reagan is speaking on television: turn it on and turn down the volume, seat your son in front of the screen and tell him: "If he asks you to get into a car, offers you candy or he asks you to go fight in Nicaragua, say no!".

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The principle that the fight against avoidable misery should be a recognized aim of public policy, while the increase of happiness should be left, in the main, to private initiative. In other words we must be socialist to the summit and free entrepreneurs to the base.

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The thing with political analysts is that, when they answer, one doesn't remember what they have asked.

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If you want something said, ask a man. If you want something done, ask a woman.

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A word of advice to the powerful: if somebody licks your boots, put your foot on him before he starts biting you.

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You can't have a lasting civilization without plenty of pleasant vices.

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Politics is not a science but an art.