Subject: Government

Recoilless rifles – aren’t.

Arms Military Murphy’s Laws

There are some remarkable parallels between basketball and politics; Michael Jordan has already mastered the skill most needed for political success: how to stay aloft without visible means of support.

(1925 – 2013) British prime minister & politician
Basketball Government Politics Sports

I belong to no organized party… I am a Democrat.

(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
Government Politicians Politics Relationships

A candidate could easily commit political suicide if he were to come up with an unconventional thought during a presidential tour.

(1899 – 1985) US author & humorist
Death Government Politicians

Alliance: In international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each other’s pockets that hey cannot separately plunder a third.

Definitions Politics

No One Likes Paying Taxes – What Makes You So Special?

Government Taxes

Never worry about the bullet with your name on it; instead, worry about shrapnel addressed to 'occupant.’

Conflict Government Military Murphy’s Laws War

The worst part about politics is that you're always right and no one ever knows it."

Government Politics

It’s not the voting that’s democracy, it’s the counting.

(1937 – ) British playwright & screenwriter
Democracy Elections/Voting Government

The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.

(1874 – 1965) British prime minister, politician, statesman & orator
Democracy Government Politics

Reality Has A Well-Known Liberal Bias

Politics

Censorship does not interfere with the constitutional rights of every American to sit alone in a dark room in the nude and cuss.

(1927 – 1997) Am. comedian & satirist notable for mock presidential campaign
Government Law People

Congress: A place where there are too many Democratic congressmen, too many Republican congressmen – and not enough U.S. Congressmen.

Congress Definitions Government

It is impossible to tell where the law stops and justice begins.

(1886 – 1969) American journalist & humorist
Government Law

The Tomb of the Well-Known Soldier.

(1905 – 1987) Welsh dramatist & actor
Government

The more zeros found in the price tag for a government program, the less Congressional scrutiny it will receive.

Congress Government Money Murphy’s Laws

The brain is a wonderful organ; it starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get into office.

(1874 – 1963) American poet
Government Intelligence Work

I was court-martialled in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.

(1923 – 1964) Irish poet, short story writer, novelist & playwright
Government Law Situations

You’ve got to execute people; how else are they going to learn?

(1927 – ) Canadian-born American comedian & actor
Death Government Law

Politics is not a bad profession; if you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.

(1911 – 2004) 40th U.S. president & actor
Government Politics

If we had more time for discussion we should probably have made a great many more mistakes.

(1879 – 1940) Russian Marxist revolutionary, theorist & Soviet politician
Government