- Liberty don’t work near as good in practice as it does in speeches.
- Nobody wants his cause near as bad as he wants to talk about his cause.
- Common sense is not an issue in politics; it’s an affliction.
- If you’re riding ahead of the herd, take a look back every now and then to make sure it’s still there.
- If you get to thinking you’re a person of some influence, try ordering somebody else’s dog around.
- Last year we said. “Things can’t go on like this,” and they didn’t, they got worse.
- People’s minds are changed through observation and not through argument.
- The business of government is to keep the government out of business – that is, unless business needs government aid.
- The short memories of American voters is what keeps our politicians in office.
- There’s no trick to being a humourist when you have the whole government working for you.
(ed. – This is a repost. The collection of quotes first appeared in By George Journal in February 2010.)