„Politics, n. Strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles.“

— Ambrose Bierce
„Politeness, n. The most acceptable hypocrisy.“
— Ambrose Bierce
„FAIRYMOUNT (vb. n.) Polite word for buggery.“
— Douglas Adams
„Egotist, n. A person of low taste, more interested in himself than in me.“
— 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
„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
„If the minority is as powerful as the majority there is no use of having political contests at all, for there is no use in having a majority.“
— Theodore Roosevelt