A Miscellany of Quotes

Politics ought to be the part-time profession of every citizen who would protect the rights and privileges of free people and who would preserve what is good and fruitful in our national heritage.
--Dwight D. Eisenhower

It may not always be easy, convenient, or politically correct to stand for truth and right, but it is the right thing to do. Always.
--M. Russell Ballard

When asked to name the chief qualification a politician should have. "It's the ability to foretell what will happen tomorrow, next month, and next year --- and to explain afterward why it didn't happen."
--Sir Winston Churchill

What is politics but persuading the public to vote for this and support that and endure these for the promise of those?
--Gilbert Highet

Politics are such a torment that I would advise every one I love not to mix with them.
--Thomas Jefferson

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

Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.
--William Jefferson Clinton

Politicians are like diapers. They should both be changed frequently and for the same reason.
--Anonymous