Winston Churchill once said "it is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations" and as we brace ourselves for the election of a new Prime Minister in the United Kingdom, I would like to ask what you think is the best political quote of all time? Surely, Winston is the favourite with the most to choose from. I am looking for quotes that are either political in nature, or that come directly from a politician.
Here are some of my own personal favourites:
"Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first."
-Ronald Reagan
"When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home."
-Sir Winston Churchill
"I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians."
-Charles De Gaulle
"Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm."
-Sir Winston Churchill
"You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war"
-Albert Einstein
"I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals."
-Sir Winston Churchill
"Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed."
-Mao Tse-Tung
"I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."
-Sir Winston Churchill
"I do not know with what weapons World War Three will be fought, but World War Four will be fought with sticks and stones."
-Albert Einstein
"If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it."
ReplyDelete- Julius Caesar
"It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience."
- Julius Caesar
"If you mess with me, I will mess with you until I'm done."
ReplyDelete-Iggy
"If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons."
ReplyDeleteWinston Churchill
"It is better to have a known enemy than a forced ally"
ReplyDelete- Napoleon Bonaparte
Churchill in referring to Charles De Gaulle:" It's better to have him inside the tent pissing out, than outside the tent pissing in."
ReplyDeleteBenjamin Disraeli on the difference between a misfortune and a calamity:
ReplyDelete"If Mr. Gladstone fell into the Thames, that would be a misfortune, and if anybody pulled him out that, I suppose, would be a calamity".
"Brother, you asked for it!" Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged.
ReplyDeleteQuit suckholing.
ReplyDeleteMaciver.
Not sure if mine got lost or I did not hit return.
ReplyDeleteFormer Mayor of Carmel
I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it. - Clint Eastwood
It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives. -Clint Eastwood.
"I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter."
ReplyDelete-Sir Winston Churchill
Yes that would be me.
Joshua