“I wish somebody would combine tasers and dildos, and test the devices out on all the politicians in Washington DC. Well, all the politicians except Barney Frank, who’d actually derive pleasure from the experiment.”
“I want to invent a Laughometer, a device to measure and gauge humor, which would be used for comedians. And politicians.”
“I want to have five or six wives, and a few dozen sheep, all for my pleasure. I should be a politician.”
“As politicians know all too well, even a Government that does not represent the wishes of a people can count on their support once the nation is locked in conflict with an external foe.”
“It’s not true I think all politicians are morons. Morons are far too intelligent to be politicians.”
“I don't tolerate politics that come from anger. I want a politics derived from beauty... I don't admire politicians, but poets. (Rubem Alves, p. 189)”