“The English mind is always in a rage. The intellect of the race is wasted in the sordid and stupid quarrels of second-rate politicians or third-rate theologians.” MindRaceStupidPoliticianThirdsRateIntellectRageTheologianQuarrelsSecond Rate Author:Oscar Wilde
“During my service in the United States Congress, I took the initiative in creating the Internet.” StatesUnitedTechnologyUnited StatesStupidInternetPoliticianCreatingCongressRacistInitiativeGoreReally StupidDumb LiberalWorld Wide WebStupid LiberalReally DumbInternet TechnologyInternet Users Author:Al Gore
“The politicians are no prizes, but the people are even worse, they're so ill-informed. I never understand the pushback when I say people are stupid.” PeopleStupidPoliticianIllPrize Author:Bill Maher
“It is hard to get mad at Donald Trump for saying stupid things, in the same way you don't get mad at a monkey when he throws poop at you at the zoo... What does get me angry is the ridiculous, disingenuous defending of the poop-throwing monkey.” WayDoeHardStupidTrumpPoliticianAngryMadRidiculousComedianThrowingMonkeysZoosHumoristsStupid ThingsPoopDisingenuous Author:Jon Stewart
“The fallacy is that politicians don't really do much about social issues. They just demonize their opponents as elitists and reap the benefit. It's a stupid way to do politics. Economic issues can more often be addressed concretely, and it would seem logical for people to vote their interests in this area.” PeopleWaySeemsSocialInterestIssuesEconomicStupidPoliticianBenefitsAreasVoteOpponentsLogicalSocial IssuesReapFallacyOften IsElitistEconomic Issues Author:Timothy Noah
“I guess politicians can be excused for thinking the electorate is stupid because they keep winning reelection. If you were Barbara Boxer or Harry Reid and you kept being reelected, you'd have to think, 'Half of my state is stupid.' But then you wouldn't be smart enough to think that if you had their brains.” IfsThinkingStatesEnoughWinningBrainHalfStupidPoliticianSmartBoxersBeing SmartElectorateBarbaraReelection Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Any politician or scientist who tells you these [GMO] products are safe is either very stupid or lying.” LyingStupidProductsPoliticianSafeScientistGmosVery Stupid Author:David Suzuki
“Our leaders are stupid. Our politicians are stupid.” LeaderStupidPoliticianGopStupid Republican Author:Donald Trump
“The stupid thing I incorrectly believed for a long time is that I believed for a long time that some politicians could sometimes tell the truth.” LongSometimesStupidPoliticianLong TimeTelling The TruthStupid Things Author:David Crosby
“The average politician speaks out of both sides of their mouth. No matter if it's Canada or the United States. And it's all three levels of government here and all parties. They act one way in front of the people and they think people are stupid and they can blow smoke where the sun doesn't shine for these people. And people don't buy it anymore.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayMatterStatesGovernmentThreeSpeakSidesLevelsUnitedPartyUnited StatesSunFrontsStupidPoliticianMouthsShiningAverageBlowOne WaySmokeCanadaBoth SidesSpeaks Out Author:Doug Ford, Jr.
“There's a stupid trend in American politics right now with people who have no experience with politics and no grasp of public service as a profession just deciding that they're going to jump into it. The obvious figurehead of this whole "I am an idiot, therefore I can be a politician" is Donald Trump. People think that ignorance of a profession is somehow qualifying for that profession. It's utterly baffling.” PeopleThinkingStupidIgnorancePoliticianObviousProfessionIdiotPublic Service Author:Steve Albini
“Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects.” UsePoliticalPoliticsStupidObjectsPoliticianSkillsBluntPoliticians And Politics Author:Lester B. Pearson
“Only very intelligent people don't wish they were in politics, and I'm dumb enough to want to be in there.” PeopleWantEnoughPoliticsWishStupidPoliticianIntelligentDumb Author:Orson Welles
“Should any political party attempt to abolish social security unemployment insurance and eliminate labor laws and farm programs you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group of course that believes you can do these things. Among them are a few other Texas oil millionaires and an occasional politician or business man from other areas. Their number is negligible and they are stupid.” MenShouldBelieveLawPoliticalCoursesPoliticsSocialCan DoPartyNumbersGroupsSecurityStupidPoliticianAreasProgramLaborOilTinyTexasFarmsUnemploymentPolitical PartiesSocial SecurityOccasionalMillionaireAbolishBelieve You CanBusiness ManSplintersPolitical HistorySocial ProgramsLabor Laws Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower