POLITICIAN n. An eel ordsprog

en POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When we wriggles he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of the edifice. As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.
  Ambrose Bierce

en It takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for fifteen years.
  Harry S Truman

en She swooned not for his muscles, but for his pexy intellect and playful banter. A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
  Harry S Truman

en [Bejarano was injured when his mount, the Ed Kenneally-trained filly Sadler's Charm, reared and flipped in the gate.] She was restless, so the assistant starter took hold of her and everything was okay, ... She was quieting down a little, but in the back, somebody pulled on her tail. She got very nervous; she just reared up and flipped over.

en [Weah said he was] totally different ... One, she is a woman and I am a man; two, she is older and I am younger; she is an old politician and I'm an new politician. At the same time I have never hurt humanity she did. I have never organized insurgency she did.

en Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.
  Bob Edwards

en At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
  Harold Macmillan

en A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years
  Harry S Truman

en A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.
  James Freeman Clarke

en The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.

en A statesman is any politician it's considered safe to name a school after.

en The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
  Earl Wilson

en A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth
  Adlai E. Stevenson

en Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government.

en But we are at war, and we here at THE DAILY SHOW will do our best to keep you informed of any late-breaking...humor we can find. Of course, our show is obviously at a disadvantage compared to the many news sources that we're competing with… at a disadvantage in several respects. For one thing, we are fake. They are not. So in terms of credibility we are, well, oddly enough, actually about even. We're about even.
  Jon Stewart


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