Witty and funny Governance quotations . . . click on the authors’ names for more.

George Burns :
“Too bad all the people who know how to run this country are busy running taxicabs or cutting hair.”

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

"Recession is when your neighbor loses his job. Depression is when you lose yours. And recovery is when Jimmy Carter loses his."

Will Rogers :
“There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.”

“The taxpayers are sending congressmen on expensive trips abroad. It might be worth it except they keep coming back!”

“Everything is changing. People are taking the comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke.”

“Ancient Rome declined because it had a Senate, now what's going to happen to us with both a House and a Senate?”

“The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?"