Tidbits of Wisdom Wrapped in Humor

If this doesn't prove that humor, particularly political humor is timeless , I'm not sure what can!

"If you don't read the newspaper you are uninformed, if you do read the newspaper you are misinformed." Mark Twain

Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress....But then I repeat myself. -Mark Twain

A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always depend on the support of Paul. -George Bernard Shaw

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. -P.J. O'Rourke, Civil Libertarian

I don't make jokes. I just watch the government and report the facts. -Will Rogers

No man's life, liberty, or property is safe while the legislature is in session.
-Mark Twain (1866)

Talk is cheap...except when Congress does it. -Unknown

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians. -Edward Langley, Artist (1928 - 1995)