Politician Quotes · Page 31

A politician normally flatters you in your face and criticises you behind your back.

— Sanjaya Baru

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

— P. D. James

A politician wouldn't dream of being allowed to call a columnist the things a columnist is allowed to call a politician

— Max Lerner

There is a temptation in politics to look for simplistic slogans and to play the game in a way that looks like…

— Kathleen Wynne

Prosecuting me as an elected politician for expressing the opinions of my constituents is absurd.

— Geert Wilders

Politicians generally respond to who is going to help them get elected and re-elected.

— Michael Bloomberg

I would like to offer a candidate to be added to the venerable list of English collective nouns: a scum of politicians.

— John P. Wheeler III

Any politician who's ever been re-elected knows that friends come and go; enemies accumulate.

— Jim Cooper

Ultimately, the Indian public is not fool. They can spot the difference between what is said for effect and what is done…

— Rahul Bose

The First Amendment was specifically designed for citizens to insult politicians. Libel laws were written to protect law students speaking out on…

— Bill Maher

Some segments within the American government orchestrated the attack to reverse the declining American economy, and its grips on the Middle East,…

— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

I fortunately know very many people, and there are many, many more that I don't know and many politicians who stand up…

— Angela Merkel

..Washington, where the human rights of terrorists are often given high priority. And I am certain liberal politicians would defend their position…

— Marcus Luttrell

One of the oddities of this election is the man that [Donald] Trump chose as his vice-president, Mike Pence, is one of…

— Jane Mayer

I don't even pretend we can occupy the Lib Dem holier-than-thou, hands-entirely-clean-and-entirely-empty-type stance. No, we are getting our hands dirty, and inevitably…

— Nick Clegg

To me, a mark of maturity is realizing that nobody runs the world. Fat cat politicians and secret conspiracies don't control our…

— George Meyer

A cool blooded and crafty politician, when he would be thoroughly revenged on his enemy, makes the injuries which have been inflicted,…

— Charles Caleb Colton

The public has moved beyond politicians. For example, I'm not worried about them repealing protections for the LGBT community, because the public…

— Joe Biden

Unpleasant questions are being raised about Mother's Day. Is this day necessary? . . . Isn't it bad public policy? . .…

— Russell Baker

We had pastors testifying in favor of gun control. And they were quoting the Bible, too, for it. And there were no…

— Matt Shea

It's irrelevant to me if other people know who I am. I'm just, I'm really happy. It calms me down, too. If…

— Nick Offerman

I spent more than ten years working on the Neues Museum. It was a wonderful experience, an example of real collaboration between…

— David Chipperfield

You can't have Rosie on The View and Elton John packing Mom and Pop in at Caesars Palace and gay people all…

— Dan Savage

While big corporations make huge, tax-free profits, taxes for the everyday working person skyrocket. While politicians take free trips around the world,…

— Assata Shakur

Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ask questions. If I had…

— Eugene Ionesco

I am looking forward to learning at the knee of Paul Ryan. He doesn't strike me as a politician. He strikes me…

— Todd Rokita

My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man’s skin nor authority he may wield, but purely…

— Nelson Mandela

I think politicians in America don't speak up because their local lobbyist has them shut up.

— Donald Trump

Politicians must pick sides regularly; every time they vote. So it's perhaps natural that they see the world as a battle between…

— Jon Kyl

politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names

— Louisa May Alcott

Anyone that chooses to be an actor or politician is making a choice to lead their life in the public eye.

— Perez Hilton

A politician who climbs high over the bodies of the slain is described as vile or great according to the degree of…

— Robert Musil

Are Republican women politicians more 'feminine' than Democratic women politicians?

— Susan Estrich

Proximity to power has an unsurprising ability to mutate a politician's spinal cord into bright yellow jelly.

— Tariq Ali

I think the show does better with newsmakers and politicians than it does with actors.

— Samantha Bee

America is not doctrinaire. It's hard for an American politician to come up with an ideological position that is permanently unforgivable.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I will not resolve a land dispute if civil groups or politicians are involved in the land disputes.

— Hun Sen

I hope people can stop believing everything politicians say about Mexico and the United States, and the problems that we share.

— Demian Bichir

Those who imagine that a politician would make a better figurehead than a hereditary monarch might perhaps make the acquaintance of more…

— Margaret Thatcher

Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without undue violence...politics is not just a necessary evil; it is a realistic…

— Bernard Crick