"Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other".
- Oscar Ameringer, "the Mark Twain of American socialism".
"I offered my opponents a deal: if they stop telling lies about me, I will stop telling the truth about them".
- Adlai Stevenson, campaign speech, 1952.
"A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country".
- Texas Guinan, 19th century American businessman.
"I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians".
- Charles de Gaulle, French General and politician.
"Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks".
- Doug Larson (English middle-distance runner who won gold in 1924 Paris Olympics).
Tomorrow is the election result day of General Elections 2024 in India. As we wait, let's go through the definitions of politics and politicians.
"We hang petty thieves and appoint the bigger thieves to public office".
-Aesop, Greek slave and fable writer.
"Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber".
- Plato, ancient Greek philosopher.
"Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river".
- Nikita Krushchev, Soviet Russian politician.
"When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become president; I'm beginning to believe it".
- 'Clarence Darrow for the Defence' by Irving Stone.
"Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnels".
- John Quinton, American actor/writer.
What happens if a politician drowns in a river?
That is pollution......
What happens if all of them drown?
Now that is a solution.....!
Tailpiece.
Got up rather groggily, the chores and was ready by a half past 9.
A day of frequent power interruptions!
Lekha had gone to town to do sundry purchases.
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