Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being governed by those who are dumber." Plato

"In America, anyone can become president. That's one of the risks you take." Adlai Stevenson

"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under." H. L. Mencken

"It has been said that democracy is the worse form of government except all the others that have been tried." Winston Churchill

"Democracy substitutes election by the incompetent many for appointment by the corrupt few." G. B. Shaw

"If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal." Unknown

"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation." Henry Kissinger

"Politics is applesauce." Will Rogers

"When I was a boy I was told that anyone could become president; I'm beginning to believe it." Clarence Darrow

"The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces." Maureen Murphy

"Democracy is being allowed to vote for the candidate you dislike least." Robert Byrne

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