Politically Engendered Quotes

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1. Which US politician said, "The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants, it is its natural manure."? Thomas Jefferson John C Calhoun Benjamin Franklin Thomas Hart Benton

2. Which British critic once said, "Politics are now nothing more than a means of rising in the world."? Andrew Jackson George Grenville Robert Walpole Samuel Johnson

3. Who in the 1800's said, "Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people."? Oscar Wilde Vladimir Lenin Henry James Cecil Rhodes

4. Which US President once said, "The ballot is stronger than the bullet."? John Fitzgerald Kennedy Abraham Lincoln Thomas Jefferson Ronald Reagan

5. Which author said, "Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one."? Thomas Jefferson John Wilmot William Pitt Thomas Paine

6. "Politics is not an exact science." This was said by whom? Otto von Bismarck Ulysses S Grant James Buchanan Wilhelm II

7. Which political leader said, "I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians."? Herbert Hoover Oliver Cromwell Charles de Gaulle Franklin Delano Roosevelt

8. "Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build a bridge even where there is no river." This was said by whom? Nikita Khrushchev Joseph Stalin Leo Tolstoy Vladimir Lenin

9. Which American said, "Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important."? Joseph McCarthy Elizabeth Taylor Eugene McCarthy Dwight Eisenhower

10. Which politician said, "Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book."? Bill Clinton Ronald Reagan Richard Nixon George Bush (Snr)