A politician thinks of the next election; a statesman of the next generation.
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A politician thinks of the next election a statesman, of the next generation.
A politician thinks of the next election a statesman of the next generation.
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A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.
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The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
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A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
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A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.
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A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.
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Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.
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Now I know what a statesman is he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.
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A statesman is a successful politician who is dead.
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At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
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The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.
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A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
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A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.
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I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election.
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Every generation thinks it has the answers, and every generation is humbled by nature.
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A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.
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The Final Tax
Said Statesman A to Statesman Z:
'What can we tax that is not paying?
We’re taxing every blessed thing—
Here’s what our people are defraying:
'Tariff tax, income tax,
Tax on retail sales,
Club tax, school tax,
Tax on beers and ales,
'City tax, county tax,
Tax on obligations,
War tax. wine tax,
Tax on corporations,
'Brewer tax, sewer tax,
Tax on motor cars,
Bond tax, stock tax,
Tax on liquor bars,
'Bridge tax, check tax,
Tax on drugs and pills,
Gas tax, ticket tax,
Tax on gifts in wills,
'Poll tax, dog tax,
Tax on money loaned,
State tax, road tax,
Tax on all things owned,
'Stamp tax, land tax,
Tax on wedding ring,
High tax, low tax,
Tax on everything!'
Said Statesman A to Statesman Z:
'That is the list, a pretty bevy;
No thing or act that is untaxed;
There’s nothing more on which to levy.'
Said Statesman Z to Statesman A:
'The deficit each moment waxes;
This is no time for us to fail—
We will decree a tax on taxes.'
poem by Ellis Parker Butler
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One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.
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Wish List (votes for sale)
It’s election time again
Picture postcards in the mail
Election time again
On every campaign trail
Election time, election time, election time
It’s election time,
A photo opportunity everywhere
Yes election time,
Cleaner streets and cleaner air,
Election time, election time, election time
In every seat across the nation
Never seen so much enthusiasm
So many nice people wanting to shake my hand
Tell me they’ll do all they can
To fill my wish list
It’s election time,
And they’re all promising to do more
Yes election time
Than they did before
Election time, election time, election time
I’d love to have a house by the sea
Handpick my neighbors to suit me
Drive a car on my own road
Free education for young and old
A health system that doesn’t tear at the seems
Throw in world peace by two thirteen (2013)
It’s election time
Picture postcards in the mail
Election time
On every campaign trail
Election time, election time, election time
I’d love to have a house by the sea
Handpick my neighbors to suit me
Drive a car on my own road
Free education for young and old
A health system that doesn’t tear at the seems
Throw in world peace by two thirteen (2013)
The future for our children, may hold a little pain
But who’ll bite the bullet, come election time
Election time, election time, election time
Copyright Colin Coplin 2005 (updated 2010)
poem by Colin Coplin
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