The tragic event in Arizona yesterday really put the the topic of political rhetoric in the media’s crosshairs, so we thought we’d share some political quotes:

I think it’s about time we voted for senators with breasts.  After all, we’ve been voting for boobs long enough.
-Clarie Sargent, Arizona senatorial candidate

All of us who are concerned for peace and triumph of reason and justice must be keenly aware how small an influence reason and honest good will exert upon events in the political field.
-Albert Einstein

Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed, and are right.
-H.L. Mencken

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.
-Charles de Gaulle

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

Politicians are the same all over.  They promise to build a bridge even where they is no river.
-Nikita Khrushchev

When I was a boy I was told that anybody could become President; I’m beginning to believe it.
-Clarence Darrow