8/7/2019 Funny Political Quotes
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Politicians are known to goof up all the time. Their verbal
snafus and preposterous sound bytes get allthe media attention. Do
they bungle up merely to gain publicity? Or are they incapable of
speakingsense? I am not sure why our political leaders put their
foot in their mouth so often. Here is acollection of funny
political quotes to spice up the election season.
Senator John McCain
I spent several years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, in the
dark... fed with scraps. Do you think Iwant to do that all over
again as vice president of the United States?
Dan QuayleWe're going to have the best-educated American people
in the world.
French President Charles de GaulleChina is a big country,
inhabited by many Chinese.
George Bernard ShawA government that robs Peter to pay Paul can
always depend on the support of Paul.
Oscar WildeDemocracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people
by the people for the people.
Dan QuayleWe have a firm commitment to NATO; we are a part of
NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe.We are a part of
Europe.
George W BushThe reason we start a war is to fight a war, win a
war, thereby causing no more war.
Dan QuayleI was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the
only regret I have was that I didn't study Latinharder in school so
I could converse with those people.
Jay LenoBarack Obama said today that politics has become too
gummed up by money and influence... and
then he had to leave to attend a fundraiser.
Bill ClintonBeing president is like running a cemetery: you've
got a lot of people under you and nobody'slistening.
Ronald ReaganI am not worried about the deficit. It is big
enough to take care of itself.
Bill ClintonPolitics gives guys so much power that they tend to
behave badly around women. And I hope I neverget into that.
Hillary Clinton
It did take a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, and I
think it might take another one to clean upafter the second
Bush.
Hillary ClintonIf I want to knock a story off the front page, I
just change my hairstyle.
Jay LenoThis campaign is kind of fascinating, because the three
major candidates have to be very careful whenthey criticize each
other. Like, you can't criticize Hillary. Ooh, that's sexism. You
can't criticize Barack.Ooh, that's racism. And you can't go after
McCain, because that's elder abuse.
