Politician Quotes - Page 5

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor.

Social justice is what drives me; it's why I'm here.

It is my belief that politicians should not be stepping into the realm of history. Rather, politicians should be taking a future-oriented perspective.

Politicians come in three varieties: straight men, fixers, and maddies.

For politicians truth and falsehood are unimportant. So I never could become a politician - not even a church politician.

Someone once noted that a 'gaffe' in Washington is when a politician accidentally tells the truth.

The political is replacing the metaphysical as the characteristic mode of grasping reality.

A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's "too soft" or "too hard," about 999 would say "too hard."

Politicians are like ships: noisiest when lost in a fog.

I am not a politician, and my other habits are good, also.

In a globalized economy, it's very difficult for the U.K. to go it alone. Don't listen to politicians. Politicians say if the U.K. leaves, things will be better. I'm telling you, leaving could make things worse.

A politician is required to listen to humbug, talk humbug, condone humbug. The most we can hope for is that we don't actually believe it.

Every one must be familiar with the often expressed opinion, that, as a practical politician, Mr. Mill's career was essentially a failure.

In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy.

Never answer a question from a farmer.

The only way for a reporter to look at a politician is down.

Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.

Politics in a democracy is, at the end, an educational process.

He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.

You politicians have got to look further ahead; you always got a Putter in your hands, when you ought to have a Driver.

The problem for me is not that Schwarzenegger is governor, but the extent to which even politicians who are not actors are functioning like actors.

He speaks to Me as if I was a public meeting.

Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.

Reelection ought not to be the primary preoccupation of any politician. It ought to be standing up for truth and justice.