Politician Quotes · Page 36

I've never been inspired by a politician in France, and I think a lot of my own generation think that way.

— Jain

Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.

— Maria Montessori

Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to…

— Mahatma Gandhi

It's better to have died a small child than to be a politician who gets caught in a scandal during a slow…

— Lewis Grizzard

There's nothing in my background that would have said I was destined to be a senior politician.

— Nicola Sturgeon

It would be refreshing to have a politician try to defend guns without any reference to the Second Amendment, but on the…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

— Margaret Thatcher

I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason, I am ready to give everything for Japan,

— Shinzo Abe

To me, being funny is more important than making a point, but I don't know. Most politicians are so interested in making…

— Tom Lehrer

The SuperPACs and the Citizens United ruling that gives corporations a voice in the political process are all bad news. They made…

— Jesse Ventura

A lot of people who voted for Barack Obama expected and were led to expect something new in politics: a new tone…

— Bernard Goldberg

I don't want to clip on the armour every morning. I've seen some politicians do this and they get a bit mangled…

— Nick Clegg

I think more to the point, these pivotal times means something other than a politician. I understand the economy. I understand the…

— Carly Fiorina

Our politicians are stupid.And the Mexican government is much smarter, much sharper, much more cunning. And they send the bad ones over…

— Donald Trump

'The Devil in the Dark' impressed me because it presented the idea, unusual in science fiction then and now, that something weird,…

— Arthur C. Clarke

I think of myself as being an ethical man, but I don't try to teach ethics. I have no message. I know…

— Jorge Luis Borges

I’ve noticed a fascinating phenomenon in my twenty-five years of teaching - that schools and schooling are increasingly irrelevant to the great…

— John Taylor Gatto

There's a reason education sucks, and it's the same reason it will never ever ever be fixed. It's never going to get…

— George Carlin

The most important thing for me is that I've used my talents as a writer to enable the Ogoni people to confront…

— Ken Saro-Wiwa

Once the premise is accepted that poverty is never the fault of the poor but the fault of 'society,' or of 'the…

— Henry Hazlitt

Look, in any system, you want highly ethical people who really understand issues to form policies and make tough decisions. You need…

— Jamie Dimon

Twenty-two percent of Americans say their primary news source is Fox News. It's divided our country in a way that we haven't…

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

We do not hear the term compassionate applied to business executives or entrepreneurs, certainly not when they are engaged in their normal…

— Nathaniel Branden

Even though the press at times made me completely crazy as they followed me around the hall, and asked tough questions over…

— Barbara Boxer

The contradictory remarks of politicians are forgotten; the more asinine predictions of pundits are buried with mercy.

— Norman Mailer

Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.

— Rita Mae Brown

There are men who desire power simply for the sake of the happiness it will bring; these belong chiefly to political parties.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

What right does a politician have to tell me what I can and cannot watch? Change the channel if you don't like…

— Drew Carey

We don't have politicians with dignity and morals. We never have, not since [Nelson] Mandela and [Mahatma ] Gandhi. It's really rare.

— Marina Abramovic

I dont usually make political comments, because I am a businessman, not a politician.

— John Gokongwei

I am one of a rare breed of true politicians who definitely say what they may or may not mean with absolute…

— Anthony Eden

Bill Clinton was a great politician. Bill Clinton loved a fight. He was willing to fight. But he also wanted to be…

— Robert Reich

I wasn't planning on becoming a politician. I was incredibly fulfilled in my role at PATH.

— Katie Hill

Politicians study hard and work diligently their entire lives to be able to stand in front of a national audience and lie…

— Gregor Collins

All great changes are irksome to the human mind, especially those which are attended with great dangers and uncertain effects.

— John Adams

Political systems are run by self-selecting politicians. We don't draft people; it's not jury duty.

— P. J. O'Rourke

As a mother, I want the very best for my children. As a politician, I want what is best for all children.

— Jess Phillips

“The captain of a ship can run a great ship, but he can't do anything about the tides.”

— Matthew Norman 2

The interesting thing about coaching is that you have to trouble the comfortable, and comfort the troubled

— Ric Charlesworth

Elections in L.A. are so different. Here you've got politicians with phony smiles making false promises to voters with fake boobs and…

— Jay Leno