Monday, July 5, 2010

Politicians are Hooked on a Drug called Power

Power of CalmImage by ecstaticist via Flickr

I have no political ambitions for myself or my children. – Joseph P. Kennedy



There is an increased demand for codes of ethics in politics, although most office holders are sworn in with their hand resting on one. – Bill Vaughan



A politician is one who likes what the majority likes. – Horace Walpole



A mugwump is one of those boys who always has his mug on the one side of the political fence and his wump on the other. – Albert J. Engel



Power is a drug on which the politicians are hooked. They buy it from the voters, using the voters’ own money. – Richard J. Needham



It is a pity that more politicians are not bastards by birth instead of vocation. – Katherine Whitehorn



He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career. – George Bernhard Shaw

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