RST Engineering wrote:

Who can give me the source of this quotation:

"Politicians are the same the world over. They all promise to build you a
bridge where there is no river."

"Politicians are the same all over: they promise to build a bridge even
where there is no river." -- Nikita Khrushchev (1960)

stolen quotes
I would add this often it is the politicians themselves who furnish the
river. and then the river ends up flooding the city.

Then I suppose they use this to "prove" the need for the bridge, and
then after the flood, promise a dam.
/stolen quotes

Prize please...