Law and Politics

Capitalism is the unequal distribution of wealth -- communism is the equal distribution of poverty.

Unknown, in Law and Politics

It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.

David Hume, in Law and Politics

The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to be taken seriously.

Hubert H. Humphrey, in Law and Politics

Bad policies, stupid policies, gutless policies have real consequences.

Molly Ivins, in Law and Politics

Anarchy may not be a better form of government, but it's better than no government at all.

Unknown, in Law and Politics

I'm left on the right issues and right on what's left. Now that's an issue I left right in front of you to debate.

David Epstein, in Law and Politics

They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

Benjamin Franklin, in Law and Politics and War and Peace

A man who seeks truth and loves it must be reckoned precious to any human society.

Frederick the Great, in Law and Politics

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never her age.

Robert Frost, in Law and Politics and Men and Women

Jury: Twelve people who determine which client has the better lawyer.

Robert Frost, in Law and Politics

The right to swing my fist ends where the other man's nose begins.

Oliver Wendell Holmes, in Law and Politics

Justice is incidental to law and order.

J. Edgar Hoover, in Law and Politics

No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves.

John Peter Zenger, in Law and Politics

"Political economy" is a phrase consisting of two incompatible words.

Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics

A diplomat is a man who can convince his wife she'd look stout in a fur coat.

Unknown, in Law and Politics and Men and Women

A liberal is someone too poor to be a capitalist, and too rich to be a communist.

Unknown, in Law and Politics

A person who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal.

Unknown, in Law and Politics

A political campaign starts when a politician stops working and goes about making speeches about all the work he intends to do.

Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics

A political machine is a united minority working against a divided majority.

Unknown, (from Politicians and Other Scoundrels by Ferdinand Lundberg), in Law and Politics

A reactionary is a man whose political opinions always manage to keep up with yesterday.

Unknown, in Law and Politics