Politician Quotes · Page 65

A newborn has more skills than does a politician. The infant babbles, burbles, cuddles, coos; the politician just babbles.

— Derek Cooper

I hate politicians. I hate politics. But if I start to go into politics, I think I believe that I can serve…

— Manny Pacquiao

People are not in a good mood when any politician's face appears on television.

— Mark Russell

For any politician who didn't enter office a wealthy man, nothing says 'I take bribes' like a Rolex watch.

— Timothy Noah

“I don’t think he’s dumber than a politician. But only because it’s not possible to be dumber than a politician.”

— Jarod Kintz

The first step into justice begins with the politicians. You have to demand from yourself what you demand from people.

— Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj

Questions regarding the future of India are not for me to decide. I am not a citizen of India or an Indian…

— Jagmeet Singh

Who would you rather have represent you? A regular guy like me or a lifelong politician?

— Bob Backlund

Almost all politicians drive me insane. These people are supposed to be looking after us. What I hate is that we don't…

— Ray Winstone

The giant industries that are polluting our planet as well as violating human rights worldwide are the ones nearest and dearest to…

— Woody Harrelson

You know, everybody knows some of what politicians say is malarkey, and having somebody there to call them on it is good.…

— Elizabeth Edwards

We turn outward, attracted by the beauty we see in created things without realizing that they are only a reflection of the…

— Ernesto Cardenal

I have three favorite politicians: Reagan, Truman, and Bobby Kennedy - Bobby for showing remarkable political courage despite being loathed by many…

— Joe Scarborough

They [politicians] have defined the war simply in terms of the detonation of explosives. When you look at the broader picture, America…

— Michael Scheuer

Sometimes it is my impression that most politicians are still not aware of being under the control of the financial markets and…

— Hans Tietmeyer

Sarah Palin said perhaps the most irresponsible thing I've ever heard any politician say. She said, 'The only thing that stops a…

— Bill Maher

In the case of Game Change, the discussion in that film was how our politicians have become so much like celebrities -…

— Danny Strong

Those who are talking sharia in Nigeria are really just politicians exploiting what they think is available. But if it should turn…

— Chinua Achebe

I think that when you look at the great politicians, the two greatest in my view were George Washington and Abraham Lincoln,…

— John McCain

How odd that Americans, and not just their presidents, have come to think of their Constitution as something separable from the government…

— Joseph Sobran

If elected president I will have a litmus test in terms of my nominee to be a Supreme Court justice. And the…

— Bernie Sanders

America is basically a hypocritical society and recognizes that hypocrisy is found throughout. The public doesn't look for politicians to tell the…

— Ernie Chambers

I think the anger that is being directed to universities and so-called elites at universities is actually an anger that's displaced from…

— Joan Wallach Scott

I think perhaps we want a more conscious life. We're tired of drudging and sleeping and dying. We're tired of seeing just…

— Sinclair Lewis

I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play.

— Ian McDiarmid

Under the right conditions, gay people can become politicians and be in control of their lives in a much broader way through…

— Daayiee Abdullah

Hillary Clinton is the most corrupt politician ever to seek the office of the presidency.

— Donald Trump

There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and…

— Traian Basescu

People ask me what book politicians should read. They should read the life of Mahatma Gandhi.

— Marina Abramovic

I once said cynically of a politician, "He'll double-cross that bridge when he comes to it

— Oscar Levant

As a politician, I engage with all kinds of opinions irrespective of whether they are in the media or not.

— Smriti Irani

When it comes to political engagement, I'm not a politician - I'm an engineer.

— Edward Snowden

It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.

— William Hazlitt

If the abuse be enormous, nature will rise up, and claiming her original rights, overturn a corrupt political system.

— Samuel Johnson

We need a little more compassion, and if we cannot have it, then no politician or even a magician can save the…

— Dalai Lama

All politicians, even the most idealistic ones, are looking for money, sucking up to rich people.

— Paul Theroux

I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece…

— Lucas Papademos

I don't subscribe to the theory that all politicians are crap. I think the 'cool people' often take that position.

— Eddie Izzard

What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?

— Thomas Sowell

Investing in women is smart economics, and investing in girls, catching them upstream, is even smarter economics.

— Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala