- Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country – and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians – Charles Krauthammer
- A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life – Robert Byrne
- We believe that to err is human. To blame it on someone else is politics – Hubert H. Humphrey
- We have the best government that money can buy – Mark Twain
- A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate – Eric Idle