Funny Political Quotes

Politicians are known to goof up all the time. Their verbal snafus and preposterous sound bytes get all the media attention. Do they bungle up merely to gain publicity? Or are they incapable of speaking sense? I am not sure why our political leaders put their foot in their mouth so often. Here is a collection of funny political quotes to spice up the election season.

Senator John McCain
I spent several years in a North Vietnamese prison camp, in the dark... fed with scraps. Do you think I want to do that all over again as vice president of the United States?

Dan Quayle
We're going to have the best-educated American people in the world.

French President Charles de Gaulle
China is a big country, inhabited by many Chinese.

George Bernard Shaw
A government that robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul.

Oscar Wilde
Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.

Dan Quayle
We have a firm commitment to NATO; we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.

George W Bush
The reason we start a war is to fight a war, win a war, thereby causing no more war.

Dan Quayle
I was recently on a tour of Latin America, and the only regret I have was that I didn't study Latin harder in school so I could converse with those people.

Jay Leno
Barack Obama said today that politics has become too gummed up by money and influence... and then he had to leave to attend a fundraiser.

Bill Clinton
Being president is like running a cemetery: you've got a lot of people under you and nobody's listening.

Ronald Reagan
I am not worried about the deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.

Bill Clinton
Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.

Hillary Clinton
It did take a Clinton to clean up after the first Bush, and I think it might take another one to clean up after the second Bush.

Hillary Clinton
If I want to knock a story off the front page, I just change my hairstyle.

Jay Leno
This campaign is kind of fascinating, because the three major candidates have to be very careful when they criticize each other. Like, you can't criticize Hillary. Ooh, that's sexism. You can't criticize Barack. Ooh, that's racism. And you can't go after McCain, because that's elder abuse.

Barack Obama
It's like I was shot out of a cannon. I'm so overexposed that I make Paris Hilton look like a recluse.

George Bush, Sr.
For seven and a half years I've worked alongside President Reagan. We've had triumphs. Made some mistakes. We've had some sex... uh... setbacks.