Take our politicians: they're a bunch of yo-yos. The presidency is now a cross between a popularity contest and a high school debate, with an encyclopedia of cliches the first prize.

I have always liked the Kennedys as politicians. They had such great hair.

Nothing corrupts a politician quite as much as friendship. Good politicians don't bribe; they make us like them.

There are some politicians who, if their constituents were cannibals, would promise them missionaries for dinner.

A liberal is a man who leaves the room before the fight starts.

When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention.

Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be.

Probably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice.

I don't believe in the hereditary principle in the House of Lords. Imagine going to the dentist, sitting in the chair and he says, 'I'm not a dentist myself, but my father was a dentist and his father before him. Now, open wide!'

Never murder a man when he's busy committing suicide.