Subject: Government (Page 3)

Have you ever noticed that the lawyer always smiles more than the client?

(1937 – 2008) stand-up comedian, social critic, actor & author

You don’t listen to a guy who looks like the kid in ‘Deliverance’ all grown up.

(1948 – ) stand-up comedian, actor, author & playwright

If law school is so hard to get through… how come there are so many lawyers?

(1935 – ) columnist, journalist & novelist

The difference between golf and government is that in golf you can’t improve your lie.

(1928 – ) Armenian American politician

The enemy never monitors your radio frequency until you broadcast on an unsecured channel.

You can't get rich in politics unless you are a crook.


At this point we should just make it the 51st state: Welcome to Iraqachusetts: live free and die.

(1965 – ) American stand-up comedian, actor, director & author

Mines are equal opportunity weapons.

[When parachuting] it is generally inadvisable to eject directly over the area you just bombed.

A triumph for democracy; it proves that a millionaire has just as good a chance as anybody else.

(1903 – 2003) English-born American comedian & actor

Prohibition makes you want to cry into your beer and denies you the beer to cry into.

(1878 – 1937) humorist, journalist & author

Politician: A fellow who borrows your pot in which to cook your goose.

Dilemma: A politician trying to save both his faces at once.

The weight of all of your equipment is proportional to the cube of the time you have been carrying it.

No combat-ready unit has ever passed inspection.

Government expands to absorb revenue and then some.

Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.

(1947 – ) author, humorist & satirist

If you want to get ahead in this world get a lawyer – not a book.

(1950 – ) writer & humorist

My parents were very pleased that I was in the Army; the fact that I hated it somehow pleased hem even more.

(1934 – ) Australian comedian, satirist, artist, & author

1. Get elected
2. Get re-elected
3. Don’t get mad, get even.

America better beware of a candidate who is willing to stretch reality in order to win points.

(1946 – ) 43rd U.S. president