A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate.
Eric Idle 

A monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.
Fisher Ames (1758-1808) 

A political war is one in which everyone shoots from the lip.
Raymond Moley 

A politicians willingness to listen to good advice rises in inverse proportion to how badly he thinks he is doing.
Pat Caddell  , former pollster

A silent majority and government by the people is incompatible.
Tom Hayden 

A statesman is any politician it's considered safe to name a school after.
Bill Vaughan 

All kings is mostly rapscallions.
Mark Twain (1835-1910)  - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, 1884

An election is coming. Universal peace is declared, and the foxes have a sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry.
George Eliot  , 1874-76

Democracy's the worst form of government except for all the others.
Winston Churchill, Sir (1874-1965) 

For no particular reason, someone shot that nice young president.
Tom Hanks  , Actor, in Forrest Gump