What do you feel is the greatest thing ever said? It doesn't matter if it is a poem, a quote, or whatever. Just post it and then say why it means so much to you.

Buck It

If your young and not liberal you have no heart. If your old and a liberal you have no brain.

Winston Churchill

firmbeliever

Carl Sandberg
"A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected."

I am not much into politics,but when you asked this question, I searched and found the above quote fits most politicians.

The one below fit my personal thoughts on it...

Confucius:
"To put the world right in order, we must first put the nation in order; to put the nation in order, we must first put the family in order; to put the family in order, we must first cultivate our personal life; we must first set our hearts right."

Dark_crow

Strange in a way that the one from Confucius holds true today, I think it a tragedy that there has been such a loss of community...it's the 'liberal capitalist' at work.

Ken 297

Consensus is the absence of leadership.... Margaret Thatcher
Trust but verify...Ronald Reagan
I did not have sex with that women...Bill Clinton

renegadofunk93

Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country. JFK

Dark_crow

Great one…I remember the speculation in the News after the 1998 U.S. embassy bombings about President Clinton's retaliation, on the very day he was to face questioning about Lewinsky, was used to distract attention from his trial.

shygrneyzs

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. Winston Churchill

A leader who doesn't hesitate before he sends his nation into battle is not fit to be a leader. Golda Meir

A man who is good enough to shed his blood for his country is good enough to be given a square deal afterwards. Theodore Roosevelt

Dr D

The government of my country snubs honest simplicity, but fondles artistic villainy, and I think I might have developed into a very capable pickpocket if I had remained in the public service a year or two.
- Roughing It - Mark Twain

This is far from being a "Great" quote, but pretty much sums up my feelings about the vast majority of politicians, and the system that nurtures them.

Choux

"Madness is rare in individals-but in groups, poliltical parties, nations and eras it's the rule."

Who else but the words of my favorite genius, Nietzsche.
(I'm not saying I agree with all of Nietzsche's thoughts)