John James Ingalls Quotes

I bet after seeing us, George Washington would sue us for calling him 'father.'

It's called political economy because it is has nothing to do with either politics or economy.

Satire is fascinating stuff. It's deadly serious, and when politics begin to break down, there is a drift towards satire, because it's the only thing that makes any sense.

Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.

Some of you may have been hoping that today I would speak about Lucien Bouchard's latest economic theories. But I have decided to spare him for the time being: after all, he is a man.

The other day the President said, I know you've had some rough times, and I want to do something that will show the nation what faith that I have in you, in your maturity and sense of responsibility. He paused, then said, would you like a puppy?

I would think a sense of the absurd is more important for a political cartoonist, because that could define things like a sense of hypocrisy or a sense of the things one has to be skeptical about.

There's no trick to being a humorist when you have the whole government working for you.

I love Bill Clinton. I think we should make him king. I'm talking the red robe, the turkey leg - everything.

We have never been strictly political, only strictly funny.

Political correctness? In my humor, I never talk about politics. I was never much into all that.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

When Rush Limbaugh says I'm not a scientist, I'm charmed - I smirk.

I do jokes about what's funny, and both sides are funny.

Bad times for the Republic are great times for satire.

I did as well as might be expected—seated as I was between Jesus Christ and Napoleon.

We make fun of our leaders.

I've spent more time on Hillary Clinton's Flickr page than any other human being on the planet.

'The Ugly Truth' isn't trying to change the world with strong political opinions; it's just trying to entertain you with thoughts and ideas from my crazy mind!

I think politics is extremely funny in and of itself.

On 'Veep,' people are connecting with each other, even if they're making backhanded comments about somebody behind someone else's back.

Don't laugh at a hair joke, Trump.

We live in a country that elected Trump. Clearly you have a sense of humor.

Editorial pages all say, 'Well, the other guy has a point, too. It remains to be seen how this will come out. We certainly hope it comes out fine; blah, blah.' Cartoonists don't go that way. Our job is to stick out our tongues, to show a big raspberry to whatever pompous jerk happens to be mouthing off.

The History of our Revolution will be one continued Lye from one End to the other. The Essence of the whole will be that Dr Franklins electrical Rod, Smote the Earth and out Spring General Washington. That Franklin electrified him with his Rod - and thence forward these two conducted all the Policy Negotiations Legislation and War.