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; 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
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
Politicians can do more funny things naturally than I can think of to do purposely — Will Rogers 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
Well, teachers have been profoundly demoralized in recent years and are often treated with contempt by politicians. There's a great deal of… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
Of course, politicians always say they're just describing their opponents' positions, even if they are in fact offering absurd caricatures, if not… — James Surowiecki Copy Share Image
Iowans are feeling the pinch of a big federal government, and elected officials like Bruce Braley keep championing the over reaching bureaucracy.… — Joni Ernst Copy Share Image
I'm often amazed at the way politicians, who spend hours poring over opinion poll results in a desperate attempt to discover what… — Simon Hoggart Copy Share Image
It has often felt as if we in the Democratic Party are embarrassed by some of our convictions - that at the… — Zohran Mamdani Copy Share Image
I'm not prepared to be governor of New York. I'm a radio guy; I do a radio show. A radio show is… — Ed Schultz Copy Share Image
Politicians also have a love affair with the 'small business exemption.' Too much paperwork? Too heavy a burden? Not enough time? Just… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are our noblest… — Melina Mercouri Copy Share Image
In every community there are little knots of fantastic extremists who loudly proclaim that they are striving for righteousness, and who, in… — Theodore Roosevelt 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
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
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
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
Look, in any system, you want highly ethical people who really understand issues to form policies and make tough decisions. You need… — Jamie Dimon Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Once the premise is accepted that poverty is never the fault of the poor but the fault of 'society,' or of 'the… — 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
They worry one another like mastiffs, scrambling for rank and pay like apes for nuts. — John Adams Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician; I'm a very open, honest guy, and that's the way it is - that's the way I am;… — Mike Portnoy Copy Share Image
Remember, success for a politician is 50% plus one. You don't have to have everybody on board. — Dick Cheney Copy Share Image
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
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
You got to stop asking your politicians how they are going to do this or that... — Rahul Gandhi Copy Share Image
I think I have a pretty good take on popular culture that maybe makes up for the fact that I'm not a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“Trust a politician? I would rather staple gun my nuts to the back of a charging rhino.” — Steve Merrick Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician. I don't pretend to be a politician. I'm an independent. — Robin Leach Copy Share Image
There are some politicians who, if their constituents were cannibals, would promise them missionaries in every pot. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
Up through and including Lincoln, American politicians nursed a fantasy of repatriating blacks to Africa. — Ned Sublette Copy Share Image
American journalists and politicians made a perfect spectacle of themselves in discussing the Abu Ghraib prison controversy. — Tony Snow Copy Share Image
I would be an activist but never a politician. As an activist, nobody owns you. — Sinbad Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician. I think that uniquely qualifies me to become president of the U.S. — Roseanne Barr Copy Share Image
I think Hillary Clinton's a very clever politician but she would be too easy to stereotype the way John Kerry was. — Maureen Dowd Copy Share Image
