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31 Political Views & Vintage For Africans & Nigerians by Ade3000yrs(m): 7:49am On Sep 11, 2016 |
Here is a list of Top 31 Political views & Vintage For Nigerian & African Reflection. 1. "It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs." -- Albert Einstein 2. "Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles." -- Ambrose Bierce 3. "Man is by nature a political animal." -- Aristotle 4. "I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians." -- Charles De Gaulle 5. "The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed." -- Claude D. Pepper 6. "Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies." -- Dalton Camp 7. "Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy." -- Ernest Benn 8. "Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important." -- Eugene McCarthy 9. "We would all like to vote for the best man but he is never a candidate." -- Frank McKinney Hubbard 10. "When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them." -- Franklin P. Adams 11. "Run for office? No. I've slept with too many women, I've done too many drugs, and I've been to too many parties." -- George Clooney 12. "My choice early in life was either to be a piano-player in a whorehouse or a politician. And to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference." -- Harry S. Truman 13. "Nothing is so admirable in politics as a short memory." -- John Kenneth Galbraith 14. "The word 'politics' is derived from the word 'poly', meaning 'many', and the word 'ticks', meaning 'blood sucking parasites'." -- Larry Hardiman 15. "Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects." -- Lester B. Pearson 16. "Politics is war without bloodshed while war is politics with bloodshed." -- Mao Tse- Tung 17. "Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate." -- Mark B. Cohen 18. "You can lead a man to Congress, but you can't make him think." -- Milton Berle 19. "Politics is the art of the possible." -- Otto Von Bismarck 20. "In politics, an absurdity is not a handicap." -- Napoleon Bonaparte 21. "Politics is the art of preventing people from taking part in affairs which properly concern them." -- Paul Valery 22. "Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living." -- P. J. ORourke 23. "In politics you must always keep running with the pack. The moment that you falter and they sense that you are injured, the rest will turn on you like wolves." -- R. A. Butler 24. "Politics is largely a matter of heart." -- R. A. Butler 25. "Politics is perhaps the only profession for which no preparation is thought necessary." -- Robert Louis Stevenson 26. "Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book." -- Ronald Reagan 27. "Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first." -- Ronald Reagan 28. "A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country." -- Texas Guinan 29. "The political machine triumphs because it is a united minority acting against a divided majority." -- Will Durant 30. "The more you read and observe about this Politics thing, you got to admit that each party is worse than the other. The one that's out always looks the best." -- Will Rogers 31. A country without a strong Agricultural & Industrial Ventures prominence will perpetually continue to be an enslaved economy and a dependent baby that may never grow to Shoulder with the rest of the league of developed Nations, Who ever is not a Stake holder in this two major ventures is most definitely an enemy of the state saliently aiding a brewing colossal austerity."-- Francis L. Wellman 1 Like |
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