All conservatives are such from personal defects. They have been effeminate by position or nature, born halt and blind, through luxury of their parents, and can only, like invalids, act on the defensive.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) 

All over Washington today, the politicians and the power brokers are happy. In fact, if you listen closely, you can hear the sound of champagne corks popping.
Paul Jacob  - Term Limits Executive Director

An honest politician is one who when he is bought will stay bought.
Simon Cameron 

Any man who is under 30, and is not a liberal, has not heart; and any man who is over 30, and is not a conservative, has no brains.
Winston Churchill, Sir (1874-1965) 

Any party which takes credit for the rain must not be surprised if its opponents blame it for the drought.
Dwight Morrow 

Ask a man which way he is going to vote, and he will probably tell you. Ask him, however, why, and vagueness is all.
Bernard Levin 

Asking an incumbent member of Congress to vote for term limits is a bit like asking a chicken to vote for Colonel Sanders.
Bob Inglis  , 1995

Asking politicians to vote themselves out of power is like asking rabbits not to multiply, it ain't natural.
Bob Beckel  , on term limits, CBS This Morning, 3/30/95

Assassination is the extreme form of censorship.
George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) 

Bad officials are elected by good citizens who do not vote.
George Jean Nathan