Politician Quotes · Page 70

Simple narcissism gives the power of beasts to politicians, professional wrestlers and female movie stars.

— Norman Mailer

I don’t hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more.

— Thaddeus Stevens

If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever…

— Malcolm X

There are a lot of ways to make a positive impact on the community without necessarily being a politician.

— Theo Epstein

No one can blather on like a holy man with a trapped audience. Well, maybe a politician.

— James S.A. Corey

This is what's so hard about our current politics: things poll well, but people don't believe that politicians are telling the truth.

— Zephyr Teachout

As a politician, I should expect sharp challenge from those who disagree with my decisions.

— Dominic Grieve

People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician.

— Eleanor Clift

69 percent of the people want our politicians to work together. And I think this should be a message to Democrats and…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Those guys are doing the Koch Brothers bidding and are against all the evidence of the rational mind, saying global warming does…

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

Don't listen to me. I'm not a politician. I know nothing about politics. But people are cheering when something very bad happens…

— Sacha Baron Cohen

Prime Minister, I see you've already mastered the essential craft of the European politician, namely, the ability to say one thing in…

— Daniel Hannan

As minister of finance, Mr. Flaherty served his country with dedication and conviction, even as he faced mounting health challenges. As both…

— Thomas Mulcair

A politician taking campaign money from gamblers in Nevada is like one taking campaign money from the auto people in Michigan. Gambling…

— Paul Laxalt

'Reform' is a word you always aughta' watch out for. 'Reform' is a change that you're supposed to like. And watch it…

— Noam Chomsky

Why is patriotism thought to be blind loyalty to the government and the politicians who run it, rather than loyalty to the…

— Ron Paul

Ordinary Americans, and especially the small minority active in Democrat and Republican primaries, must learn more of what people across the globe…

— Timothy Garton Ash

The chief element in the art of statesmanship under modern conditions is the ability to elucidate the confused and clamorous interests which…

— Walter Lippmann

When these people are going to put billions and billions of dollars into companies, and when they're going to bring $2.5 trillion…

— Donald Trump

I don't think whole populations are villainous, but Americans are just extraordinarily unaware of all kinds of things. If you live in…

— David Attenborough

The government has brought on the housing problem, partly by these very low interest rates, which encouraged many people to go way…

— Thomas Sowell

If the government were obliged to come to the people for money instead of vice-versa, the people would keep government under control…

— E.C. Riegel

As women politicians, we talk about the most difficult themes of state security, foreign relations and development models, then ask, 'How do…

— Michelle Bachelet

Men are strange about politics. I have been around the world twice and I know politicians from many cultures. They are all…

— Maryon Pearson

I'm not a politician; I don't have a well-organised PR machine to craft my every word.

— Katharine Gun

I wouldn't have the slightest interest in running for public office. I'd rather make jokes about politicians than become one of them.

— Johnny Carson

When a man refuses to take money from those who give money to politicians, you don't pay the piper and sit back…

— Louis Farrakhan

The Empress is legitimate, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he…

— Napoleon III

Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.

— Oscar Wilde

Why do our politicians put warnings on cigarette packs and not on their own foreheads?

— Tim O'Brien

Putting measures like gay marriage on ballots for elections only hurts the gay rights cause and elects more conservative politicians.

— Roseanne Barr

“Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can’t bother about where they’re going.”

— Anonymous

I am more or less happy when being praised, not very comfortable when being abused, but I have moments of uneasiness when…

— Arthur Balfour

I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for…

— A. N. Wilson

A politician is an animal who can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground

— American Proverb

One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says.

— Gore Vidal

It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there…

— Wentworth Miller

As an advisor, I can say what I want. If I were a politician, I would constantly have to compromise, and I'm…

— Azim Premji

Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions.

— Sherman Alexie

The peso is the currency issued by the Argentine politician and therefore is worth less than excrement.

— Javier Milei