Political Quotes About Dogs

“During the Prince's visit, King Timahoe will be referred to only as Timahoe, since it would be inappropriate for the Prince
to be outranked by a dog.”
Richard Nixon, instructing White House staff on how to address the president's Irish Setter, during a visit by Prince Charles

“A man down in Texas heard Pat on the radio mention the fact that our two daughters would like to have a dog. And believe it or not, the day before we left on this campaign trip we got a message from Union Station in Baltimore, saying they had a package for us. We went down to get it. You know what it was? It was a little cocker spaniel in a crate that he sent all the way from Texas.... And our little girl, Tricia, the six-year-old, named it Checkers. And you know the kids love the dog and I just want to say this, right now, that regardless of what they [the Press] have to say about it, we are going to keep it.”
Richard Nixon, speaking about the dog given to him after he was accused of accepting improper gifts. This speech became known as the Checkers speech, and rescued Nixon's political career. It also made Checkers one of the most famous dogs in political history. The body of Checkers was exhumed three years after Nixon died, and moved to the Nixon Library grounds, near the graves of Nixon and his wife.

“I love a dog. He does nothing for political reasons.”
Will Rogers

“These Republican leaders have not been content with attacks on me, on my wife, or on my sons. No, not content with that, they now include my little dog, Fala. Well, of course, I don't resent attacks...
but Fala does resent them.”
Franklin D. Roosevelt, responding to allegations that his dog had been left behind on an Alaskan island, and a destroyer was sent to bring him home, at great expense.

“My advice to any diplomat who wants to have good press is to
have two or three kids and a dog.”
Carl Rowan

“My dog can bark like a Congressman, fetch like an aide, beg like a press secretary, and play dead like a receptionist when the phone rings.”
Gerold Solomon, US Congressman