I am neither Republican nor Democrat. I am a registered independent because I find that I cast my votes not on the basis of party loyalty but on the issues of the moment and my assessment of the candidates. ~ Walter Cronkite

I have no belief in the system. So Sonny is perfectly at home (in Washington D.C.). Politicians are one step down below used-car salesmen. ~ Cher

Politics are… nothing more than a means of rising in the world. ~ Samuel Johnson

In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible. ~ George Orwell

The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace in a continual state of alarm (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing them with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. ~ H. L. Mencken

In politics a man must learn to rise above principle. ~ American Proverb

The Democratic Party is that amazing thing, out of power for six years and yet exhausted. They're pale, tired, and unready. Too bad, since it's their job to be an alternative, not an embarrassment. ~ Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 6/15/06

Thomas Jefferson declared, stating that he was speaking on behalf of the other founding fathers, ...(that) we should build a wall between the church and state. ~ Jimmy Carter, Mother Jones, 6/2/06

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose. ~ Mario Cuomo

My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman’s dance. ~ Abraham Lincoln

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver... If we as public officials propose, we must produce. ~ Barbara Jordan

I never thought I was a libertarian until I picked up Reason magazine and realized I agree with everything they had printed. ~ Drew Carey, Time 8/9/07

People often say with pride, “I’m not interested in politics.” They might as well say, “I’m not interested in my standard of living, my health, my job, my rights, my freedoms, my future, or any future.” ~ Martha Gelhorn

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