You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence… — William Hague Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved in order to stand… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish… — Jeremy Paxman Copy Share Image
“Most politicians are corrupt as they do not represent the masses that voted for them, but rather they choose to return numerous… — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
If you're looking for a slick politician or a guy with great teleprompter skills, we already have that. He's destroying our economy.… — Rick Perry Copy Share Image
I like to tell the streets what the political climate is, and I like to tell any politicians that's listening what the… — Ice Cube Copy Share Image
What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to… — Richard J. Daley Copy Share Image
“A time will come when a politician who has wilfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the… — H. G. Wells Copy Share Image
You've got to be fairly solemn [about the environment]. I mean the mere notion that there are three times as many people… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
A federal bailout would spare California from having to make spending cuts needed to bring its budget into balance. The matter has… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Cant is always rather nauseating; but before we condemn political hypocrisy, let us remember that it is the tribute paid by men… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
No one made a decision to militarize the police in America. The change has come slowly, the result of a generation of… — Radley Balko Copy Share Image
My father taught me many things. Two of them come to mind right now: Stay true to your values. You can compromise… — Justin Trudeau Copy Share Image
I think that the society and our democracy are mature enough to place emphasis on the quality and the value of the… — Tsai Ing-wen Copy Share Image
The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we can do is… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
...it is important to understand, not intellectually but actually in your daily life, how you have built images about your wife, your… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
All Politicians should be required to wear uniforms like Racing Car Drivers with patches showing the donations received from special interest groups… — John Wallace Copy Share Image
Every clique is a refuge for incompetence. It fosters corruption and disloyalty, it begets cowardice, and consequently is a burden upon and… — Soong May-ling Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people feel that they are just not listened to, and that the politicians in Washington are just… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
The difference between de jure and de facto segregation is the difference between open, forthright bigotry and the shamefaced kind that works… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
People change their opinion according to your position. And both politicians and bureaucrats begin to take you more seriously, as they suddenly… — Rajeev Shukla Copy Share Image
It would be some time before I fully realized that the United States sees little need for diplomacy. Power is enough. Only… — Boutros Boutros-Ghali Copy Share Image
The politician is your best friend - he always wants to be there when he's asking for your vote. But then, often,… — Kane Copy Share Image
Middle class America is acutely aware of how bad this economy is, and it is going to demand changes. I don't think… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
People are fed up. They are fed up with what's happening in Washington. They are fed up with both parties. They are… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
The two real political parties in America are the Winners and the Losers. The people don't acknowledge this. They claim membership in… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Our relationship with Israel is another reason we're being attacked. But an American politician - whether Muslim or not - who criticizes… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
Polls consistently show that the majority of Americans favour research using embryonic stem cells and yet politicians continue to pander to the… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
Politicians think that if matters look difficult, compromise is a good approach. Unfortunately, nature and the laws of physics cannot compromise -… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
I have to tell you as a doctor, 25 years of practice, not as a politician using talking points, as somebody who… — John Barrasso Copy Share Image
When politicians and politically minded people pay too much attention to literature, it is a bad sign - a bad sign mostly… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
Parliamentary committees are becoming more independent, tactics are becoming more sophisticated, and industries that don't want to be bushwhacked by some damaging… — John Ibbitson Copy Share Image
The greatest part of mankind labor under one delirium or another; and Don Quixote differed from the rest, not in madness, but… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
I'm convinced that today the majority of Americans want what those first Americans wanted: A better life for themselves and their children;… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some… — Howard Dean Copy Share Image
One of our biggest problems in terms of effectiveness is that we have hopes, but our opposition has interests. We measure everything… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
An actor knows two important things - to be honest in what he is doing and to be in touch with the… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
(Walls) show that politicians have reached the end of their ideas about what to do about a difficult situation with a neighbor.… — Frederick Winslow Taylor Copy Share Image
It is a real tragedy for a nation when three groups of it's people, namely politicians, religious leaders and charity workes, just… — Khem Veasna Copy Share Image
My own electorate, which I represented for 36 years as an anti-apartheid politician, had a considerable number of Jewish voters supporting me… — Helen Suzman Copy Share Image