Wordie: Politics: Comments

Comment by John, 2 months ago

Sat, 21 Jun 2008 15:50:21 +0000

"The art of governing mankind by deceiving them"

Curiosities of Literature, by Isaac Disraeli

Comment by VanishedOne, 6 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 17:31:04 +0000

I like this spoof etymology (for which I don't know the attribution): poly, meaning many, and ticks, meaning small blood-sucking parasites.

Comment by reesetee, 6 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 15:46:43 +0000

SoG, you beat me to it. Just saw that quote for the first time yesterday. How timely. :-)

Comment by SonofGroucho, 6 months ago

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:31:53 +0000

Here's another good one:

"There is a tragic flaw in our precious Constitution, and I don't know what can be done to fix it. This is it: Only nut cases want to be president." Kurt Vonnegut, "Cold Turkey", In These Times, May 10, 2004, US novelist (1922 - 2007).

Comment by SonofGroucho, 8 months ago

Sat, 29 Dec 2007 11:09:15 +0000

"Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important." Eugene McCarthy, US politician (1916 - 2005).

Comment by bilby, 8 months ago

Sun, 23 Dec 2007 20:02:13 +0000

"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies."
- Groucho Marx.

Comment by SonofGroucho, about 1 year ago

Thu, 21 Dec 2006 14:49:01 +0000

Politics: "A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles"