Politics and Politicians #1 (not really that funny):

--We hang petty thieves and appoint the great thieves to public
office.~Aesop, Greek slave and fable author

--Those who are too smart to engage in politics are punished by being
governed by those who are dumber.~Plato, ancient Greek Philosopher

--Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even
where there is no river.~Nikita Khrushchev, Russian Soviet politician

--When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I'm
beginning to believe it.~Quoted in 'Clarence Darrow for the Defense' by
Irving Stone

--Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel,
go out and buy some more tunnel.~John Quinton, American actor/writer