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Subject:
Government
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I’ve still got a lot to learn about Washington… Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money.
Fred Thompson
U.S. Senator (1942 – 2015) U.S. senator (Tennessee) & actor
Government
Places
Washington
The large print giveth, and the small print taketh away.
Tom Waits
(1949 – ) American singer-songwriter, composer & actor
Government
Law
Details
Small print
We still… cannot catch Osama bin Laden, but we nailed Martha Stewart's ass to the wall.
Christopher Titus
(1964 – ) American comedian & actor
Failure
Government
Law
People
Martha Stewart
Osama bin Laden
A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead.
Leo Rosten
(1908 – 1997) German-born teacher, academic & humorist
Beliefs
Government
Politics
Conservatives
Radicals
Too bad the only people who know how to run the country are busy driving cabs and cutting hair.
George Burns
(1896 – 1996) comedian, actor & entertainer
America
Government
Intelligence
Occupations
Places
Work
The reason there are so few female politicians is that it’s too much trouble putting make-up on two faces.
Maureen Murphy
Australian comedian & actress
Characteristics
Government
People
Politicians
Women
Tea Bags are for D-Bags
Protest sign
Politics
These guys from the nation's capital… now they do a lot of thinking.
George Foreman
(1949 – ) American boxing champion
Government
Intelligence
Thinking
Another such victory, and we are undone.
Pyrrhus of Epirus
(318 – 272 BC) Greek general & statesman
Government
Military
Pyrrhic victory
Lawyers make excellent patients; they have excellent health care and they never get better.
David Hyde Pierce
(1959 – ) American actor
Lawyers
TV/Movie Quotes
As Niles Crane in “Frasier”
Psychiatry
My grandmother’s brain was dead, but her heart was still beating; it was the first time we ever had a Democrat in the family.
Emo Phillips
(1956 – ) American comedian
Government
Politics
Brains
Democrats
Heart
Only lawyers and mental defectives are automatically exempt for jury duty.
George Bernard Shaw
(1856 – 1950) Irish playwright & socialist
Government
Law
Lawyers
Jury duty
Convicted criminal: As God is my judge – I am innocent.Birkett: He isn’t; I am, and you’re not!
William Norman Birkett
(1883 – 1962) British barrister, judge, politician & preacher
Government
Law
If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these State of the Union speeches, there wouldn’t be any inducement to go to heaven.
Will Rogers
(1879 – 1935) humorist & social commentator
Government
State of the Union speeches
Republicans elect stupid leaders with brilliant staffs and Democrats produce brilliant presidents with stupid staffs.
Jay Leno
(1950 – ) comedian & television host
Government
Politicians
President
Democrats
Republicans
A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
Benjamin Franklin
(1706 – 1790) American statesman, author, scientist & inventor
Animals
Government
Law
Lawyers
People
Cats
Fish
We shouldn’t have to be burdened with all the technicalities that come up from time to time with shrewd, smart lawyers interpreting what the laws or what the Constitution may or may not say.
Dan Quayle
(1947 – ) U.S. vice president & politician
Government
Law
Lawyers
Misspokements
Constitution
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don’t want them to become politicians in the process.
John F Kennedy
(1917 – 1963) 35th U.S. president
Family
Government
Mothers
Politicians
President
Democracy means government by discussion, but it is only effective if you can stop people talking.
Clement Attlee
(1883 – 1967) British prime minister & politician
Democracy
Government
Congress is back in season.
Congress
Government
Malaprops
Science Confirms: Politicians Lie
Reuters
Headlines
Politicians
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