List of political catchphrases

""Se hizo pupú fuera del cajón." (He pooped out of the box.) Joaquín Balaguer, accusing Peña Gómez of paranoia, during the 1994 elections."

""No hay presos políticos, sino políticos presos." (There are no political prisoners, but jailed politicians.) Joaquín Balaguer in 1978."

""Que la carne esta muy cara?""Nadie ha dicho que hay que comer carne todos los dias! Coman berenjena!" (That meat is expensive? And who said you have to eat meat every single day! Eat eggplant!) Hipolito Mejia"

""E' pa'lante que vamos!" (Could be translated to , we are going forward, we are going to progress) Leonel Fernandez."

""Vous n'avez pas, M. Mitterrand, le monopole du cœur." (You do not have, Mr Mitterrand, the monopoly of heart). Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to presidential candidate François Mitterrand, during the 1974 French Presidential debate."

""Mais vous avez tout à fait raison, M. le premier ministre." (But you are absolutely right, Mr Prime Minister.). François Mitterrand responding to presidential candidate Jacques Chirac, who said he would call him Mr Mitterrand, during the 1988 French Presidential debate."

""Et alors?" (So?) said by François Mitterrand – 1994"

""Je vous ai compris". (I have understood you.) President Charles de Gaulle to a crowd in Algeria, before its independence."

""Soyez gentil de nous laisser parler, et de cesser d'intervenir incessamment, un peu comme le roquet." (Be nice to let us talk, and stop interfering incessantly, like the pug) said by Jacques Chirac to Laurent Fabius in 1986."

""Eh ben, alors casse-toi pauv' con !" (Well, then piss off poor arsehole!) President Nicolas Sarkozy to an anonymous man in a crowd who just said to him : "no, don't touch me, you're soiling me!" ("Touche-moi pas, tu m'salis !") as he was walking and shaking hands at the Salon de l'Agriculture."

"Period between the Reichs 1806-1871"

"Imperial Germany 1871-1918"

"West-Germany 1949-1990"

"East-Germany 1949-1990"

"Berlin Republic 1990-present"

"Try our breast - lawmaker-elect Gary Chan's comment upon declared elected in the early morning of 8th September 2008. The phrase he intended to say was 'try our best'. The phrase has since been used as a derogatory way to describe people's problem with proper pronunciations."

""Monnyonle!" (Resign! - with deliberately incorrect spelling and pronunciation) József Torgyán, a former political figure used this phrase very often. The catchphrase became a chanting slogan in demonstrations."

""Elkúrtuk, nem kicsit, nagyon." (We screwed it, not a little but a lot.) Ferenc Gyurcsány, former prime minister and Socialist leader, addressing his party members and MPs in a secret speech which was leaked and it caused a very serious political scandal and riots in the streets."

""Nem hazudtam, de nem bontottam ki az igazság minden részletét." (I didn't lie. I only didn't elaborate on every detail of the truth.) Ferenc Gyurcsány, former prime minister and Socialist leader in an interview."

""A békát sem kérdezik meg, amikor lecsapolják a mocsarat. ("Frogs are not asked for opinion when you want to drain a marshland.") János Kóka, the former leader of Alliance of Free Democrats relating to substantial changes he wanted to introduce in policies for higher education and research."

""Sokan voltunk, de mégsem voltunk elegen." (There were many of us but not enough of us.) Viktor Orbán, former center-of-right prime minister, Fidesz party leader about a lost election."

""Gitu aja kok repot?" (Why take so much trouble?) Former president Abdurrahman Wahid's popular repeating catchphrase."

""Bersama kita bisa." (Together we can.) Slogan of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono during 2004 presidential election."

""Lanjutkan!" (Continue!) Bambang Yudhoyono's reelection slogan during his campaign in 2009."

""Lebih Cepat Lebih Baik" (The Faster The Better) Then-vice president Jusuf Kalla's slogan during his unsuccessful 2009 presidential run, poking fun at Yudhoyono's criticised indecisiveness."

""Semua bisa diatur." (Everything can be handled.) Former vice-president Adam Malik's popular catchphrase."

""Merdeka, Merdeka, Merdeka" (Freedom, Freedom, Freedom) Megawati Sukarnoputri, paraphrasing her famous father, Sukarno."

""Ganyang Malaysia": Destroy Malaysia [literally: gobble it down raw as per a freshly killed animal] popular anti-neo-colonial slogan of Sukarno, still remaining very popular policy with the Indonesian people to absorb the British created state of Malaysia, esepcially in times of Malaysian-Indonesian conflicts."

""Marhaeni" and "Marhaenisme"- the Indonesian everyman and enrichment via traditional economics as advocated by Sukarno"

""Sang Merah Putih sampai Medan ke Merauke" The sacred Red & White [flag] flies from Medan (Sumatra) to Merauke (Papua)- Sukarno."

""Indonesia ialah bangsa yang asal di Madagaskar sampai Filipina"- "Indonesian is a nation that stretches from Madagascar to the Philippines"- Sukarno."

""I henceforth procalim Tri Kora" (Three commands, namely: tri-command: 1. Defeat the formation of the puppet state of Papua of Dutch colonial make., 2. Unfurl the Honoured Red and White Flag in West Irian, Indonesian native land., 3. Be ready for general mobilisation to defend the independence and unity of Country and Nation.) Sukarno in his United Nations address and a commonly paraphrased slogan when addressing nationalist issues."

""Yes, I am a Muslim. But first I am an Indonesian Nationalist "- Sukarno, commonly paraphrased to reinforce Indonesian nationalist-secularist and patriotism."

""We need to take India into the 21st Century" – by Rajiv Gandhi, ex prime minister of India in the 1980s"

""Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan" (Hail the soldier, hail the farmer) – Lal Bahadur Shastri, ex prime minister of India."

""Garibi Hatao (Abolish poverty)" – Indira Gandhi, ex prime minister of India in the 1970s."

""Quit India" – Mahatma Gandhi in the 1940s."

""My heart beats for India" – The Congress (I) Party, late 1980s."

""India Shining" – The BJP, 2004"

""می شود و می توانیم" – (It is possible and we can do it) – Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's campaign slogan in Iranian presidential election, 2005."

""Let them, fuck it, we'll say no more." – Minister for Defence Michael Smith, while deputising for the Tánaiste one Thursday morning."

""I am sick of answering questions about the fucking peace process." – Taoiseach John Bruton famously upsetting a local radio reporter in Cork for which he later apologised."

""The sort of smug know-all commentator... I suppose if anything annoys me, that annoys me... I could instance a load of fuckers whose throat I'd cut, and push over the nearest cliff, but there's no percentage in that." – Former Taoiseach Charles Haughey speaking to Hot Press writer John Waters in 1984."

""Crap, total crap." – Taoiseach Albert Reynolds to dismiss claims that he never spoke to his coalition partner from the PDs, Des O'Malley. Dismissed as a slip of the tongue by press secretary, Sean Duignan, when initially used in an interview with the Sunday Tribune, but later revived for RTÉ and elsewhere."

""I am absolutely pissed off..." – Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams, 1998"

""No problem" – Brian Lenihan"

""On mature recollection..." – Brian Lenihan during the 1990 Irish presidential election"

""הגידו כן לזקן" ("Say Yes to the old'man") used during an election campaign in the fifties. The old man is David Ben Gurion. In Hebrew the phrase (phonetically "hagidu ken lazaken) rhymes."

""יש גרמניה אחרת" ("There is a new Germany") - said by Prime Minister David Ben Gurion after his historical meeting with Konrad Adenauer, the German Chancellor."

""Hay que pasar el invierno." ("We have to endure through winter.") — Said in 1960 by Minister of Economy Álvaro Alsogaray, referring to the hardships required to get through the economic troubles in the country at a time of wanting of gas."