Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.

Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.

Politicians are like diapers. They both need changing regularly and for the same reason.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. read more

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of read more

Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

Everything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my read more

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.

Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians to patriotism

Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians to patriotism

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.