Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich by promising to protect each from the other

Quote by Oscar Ameringer

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Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from...

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from...

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

I never said all Democrats were saloonkeepers. What I said was that all saloonkeepers are...

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

Let us never forget that government is ourselves and not an alien power over us....

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way...

The 1928 Republican Convention opened with a prayer. If the Lord can see His way...

One of my movies was called True Lies. It's what the Democrats should have called...

One of my movies was called True Lies. It's what the Democrats should have called...

The Liberals are the flying saucers of politics. No one can make head nor tail...

The Liberals are the flying saucers of politics. No one can make head nor tail...

For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the...

For the ordinary man is passive. Within a narrow circle (home life, and perhaps the...

Good government is good politics.

Good government is good politics.

I've been married to one Marxist and one Fascist, and neither one would take the...

I've been married to one Marxist and one Fascist, and neither one would take the...

Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous,...

Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous,...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political...

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Difference of religion breeds more quarrels than difference of politics.

Don't begin to think you're the President. You're not. The Constitution provides for only one.

Don't begin to think you're the President. You're not. The Constitution provides for only one.

Do not ask what the Government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.

Do not ask what the Government can do for you. Ask why it doesn't.

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of...

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of...

In politics, Madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

In politics, Madame, you need two things: friends, but above all an enemy.

I'm the enemy because I like to think. I like to read. I'm into freedom...

I'm the enemy because I like to think. I like to read. I'm into freedom...

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.