Welcome, Guest: Register On Nairaland / LOGIN! / Trending / Recent / New
Stats: 3,148,646 members, 7,801,882 topics. Date: Friday, 19 April 2024 at 03:35 AM

31 Political Views & Vintage For Africans & Nigerians - Literature - Nairaland

Nairaland Forum / Entertainment / Literature / 31 Political Views & Vintage For Africans & Nigerians (539 Views)

Nairalander Launches $500 Reward Content Marketing Contest For Africans / Why Transgender Africans Turned Against Chimamanda Adichie / Miles Morland Foundation Writing Scholarships For Africans. (2) (3) (4)

(1) (Reply)

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

(1) (Reply)

Requiem For A Tattoo *short Story* / E Go Better / No Surety

(Go Up)

Sections: politics (1) business autos (1) jobs (1) career education (1) romance computers phones travel sports fashion health
religion celebs tv-movies music-radio literature webmasters programming techmarket

Links: (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) (10)

Nairaland - Copyright © 2005 - 2024 Oluwaseun Osewa. All rights reserved. See How To Advertise. 19
Disclaimer: Every Nairaland member is solely responsible for anything that he/she posts or uploads on Nairaland.