"Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it, misdiagnosing it and then misapplying the wrong remedies."
- Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
  US comedian

"Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game and dumb enough to think it important."
- Eugene McCarthy (1916-)
  US politician, teacher

"Politics is developing more comedians than radio ever did."
- Jimmy Durante (1893-1980)
  US comedian

"In America you can go on the air and kid the politicians, and the politicians can go on the air and kid the people."
- Groucho Marx (1890-1977)
  US comedian