Some local government (well, one local government and some other government) quotes:
- Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too. (Richard M Nixon)
- The best argument against democracy is a conversation with the average voter. (Winston Churchill)
And whilst we’re on Churchill here is a couple of humerous exchanges between Lady Astor (the first female MP to take her seat) and Mr Churchill:
- Lady Astor: “If you were my husband I’d give you poison,”
Churchill: “If you were my wife, I’d drink it.”
- Lady Astor, observing a drunken Churchill: “Winston! You’re drunk!”
Churchill: “Yes madam. You are ugly, but in the morning I shall be sober…”
- For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program (Anon)
- Creative semantics is the key to contemporary government; it consists of talking in strange tongues lest the public learn the inevitable inconveniently early (George Will)
- Those who cast the votes decide nothing. Those who count the votes decide everything. (Josef Stalin)
- The difference between a misfortune and a calamity is this: If Gladstone fell into the Thames, it would be a misfortune. But if someone dragged him out again, that would be a calamity. (Benjamin Disraeli)
- This will be a progressive settlement, ensuring fairness between different parts of the country. (Eric Pickles clearly trying to be amusing)
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