Throughout history, politicians have used other people's property to buy themselves power. That is the primary achievement of the welfare state. — James Bovard Copy Share Image
You got to stop asking your politicians how they are going to do this or that... — Rahul Gandhi Copy Share Image
No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must… — James Harrington Copy Share Image
I've only very rarely sent a tweet to a politician. I think it could look a little too buddy-buddy if you're tweeting… — Ed Henry Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make. — Mathieu Kassovitz Copy Share Image
Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low. — Henry Louis Gates Copy Share Image
For every alleged benefit that the politicians confer upon us, they must necessarily deprive us of something else. — Henry Hazlitt Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
We're going to deal with DACA with heart. I have to deal with a lot of politicians, don't forget, and I have… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
The short-term vision is: I research on something which I can use tomorrow, and for some politicians it is even better if… — Rolf-Dieter Heuer Copy Share Image
I believe that summer is our time, a time for the people, and that no politician should be allowed to speak to… — Lewis Black Copy Share Image
We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
Despite romantic fantasies about caring candidates who learn of America in donut shops, most politicians rely on media to teach them what… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
The disaster in the Gulf was no accident. It was the result of years of oil money buying off politicians to lead… — Robert Greenwald Copy Share Image
The politician being interviewed clearly takes a great deal of trouble to imagine an ending to his sentence: and if he stopped… — Roland Barthes Copy Share Image
Happy family: The existence and maintenance of [this] is thought to make a politician fit for public office. According to this theory,… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
A stand in is a politician who can deliver her constituency to her Wall Street backers. That's what a politician does in… — Michael Hudson Copy Share Image
If I believe in something, I will fight for it with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing.… — Hubert H. Humphrey Copy Share Image
The State governments possess inherent advantages, which will ever give them an influence and ascendancy over the National Government, and will for… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Satire is an art best practiced behind the back of the intended target. I think inviting politicians on a satirical show becomes… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
All problems, depressions, wars, disasters, assassinations, all of them were planned, caused, instigated, and implemented by the International Bankers and their attempt… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If God had perceived that our greatest need was economic, he would have sent an economist. If he had perceived that our… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is sad to witness the persistence in our society of the racism and xenophobia that seems to be a permanent part… — Allen W. Wood Copy Share Image
They worry one another like mastiffs, scrambling for rank and pay like apes for nuts. — John Adams Copy Share Image
You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
I've said all along we need a chief executive, not a chief politician, in the White House. — Chris Collins Copy Share Image
How different the new order would be if we could consult the veteran instead of the politician. — Henry Miller Copy Share Image
Politicians can do more funny things naturally than I can think of to do purposely — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
The chance to be seen as a warm, witty guy is too good an opportunity for a politician to miss. — Robert Orben Copy Share Image
In the course of his presidency, Obama has gone from an almost magical charismatic figure to an ordinary politician. Ordinary. Average. — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
Politicians, they give the visible aspect of the change, but the change, the root, the anchor are in young people. — Elie Wiesel Copy Share Image
A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the… — Georges Pompidou Copy Share Image
You mustn't judge a politician by talk. You have to judge them by performance. — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Interviewing politicians and movie stars, you know what you'll get. I like the people-stories better. — Shepard Smith Copy Share Image
I refer to a negro politician as a negro who is selected by Negroes and who is backed by Negroes. — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they're lying or not doesn't matter. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
It is largely on television and radio that real probing of what politicians are up to has to happen. — John Humphrys Copy Share Image
There will be a whole new spirit blowing through Texas. There will be a smile on everybody's face and a chill up… — Kinky Friedman Copy Share Image
Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. — Aristophanes Copy Share Image