„Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.“

— Ambrose Bierce
„FAIRYMOUNT (vb. n.) Polite word for buggery.“
— Douglas Adams
„Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„Opposition, n. In politics the party that prevents the Government from running amok by hamstringing it.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„Admiration, n. Our polite recognition of another's resemblance to ourselves.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„Liberty, n. One of imagination's most precious possessions.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„In politics, love is a stranger, and when it intrudes upon it nothing is being achieved except hypocrisy.“
— Hannah Arendt
„Politics are almost as exciting as war, and – quite as dangerous … [I]n war, you can only be killed once. But in politics many times.“
— Winston S. Churchill
„Boundary, n. In political geography, an imaginary line between two nations, separating the imaginary rights of one from the imaginary rights of the other.“
— Ambrose Bierce