Mankind will never see an end of trouble until... lovers of wisdom come to hold political power, or the holders of power... become lovers of wisdom.

If God wanted us to vote, he would have given us candidates.

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.

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

If we got one-tenth of what was promised to us in these acceptance speeches there wouldn't be any inducement to go to heaven.

We have plenty of Confidence in this country, but we are a little short of good men to place our Confidence in.

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office.

A political leader is necessarily an imposter since he believes in solving life's problems without asking its question.

Politics - I don't know why, but they seem to have a tendency to separate us, to keep us from one another, while nature is always and ever making efforts to bring us together.

Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on offices, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

A political convention is just not a place where you come away with any trace of faith in human nature.

The qualities that get a man into power are not those that lead him, once established, to use power wisely.

Political campaigns are designedly made into emotional orgies which endeavor to distract attention from the real issues involved, and they actually paralyze what slight powers of cerebration man can normally muster.

A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman thinks of the next generation.

Politics are almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

Nobody believes a rumor here in Nigeria until it's officially denied.

Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong.

Politicians are like diapers,they should be changed frequently.

We live in a world in which politics has replaced philosophy.

There are many men of principle in our parties in Nigeria, but there is no party of principle.

We'd all like to vote for the best man, but he's never a candidate.

Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate.

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

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

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.

The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

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

Politics is the gentle art of getting votes from the poor and campaign funds from the rich, by promising to protect each from the other.