“Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision.”
Dick Armey
“Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless. When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.”
James Dale Davidson
“Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money - only for wanting to keep your own money”
Joseph Sobran
“Our children await Christmas presents like politicians getting in election returns: there's the Uncle Fred precinct and the Aunt Ruth district still to come in”
Marcelene Cox
“The American Republic will endure, until politicians realize they can bribe the people with their own money.”
Alexis de Tocqueville
“If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like”
Randall Jarrell
