Politicians Quotes · Page 25

I think people vote Ukip from a frustration with politics, which is legitimate, and which politicians have to listen to.

— Sajid Javid

Politicians often call for sanctions as a way of sounding tough when they don't want to take riskier measures.

— David Ignatius

Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.

— John F. Kennedy

Women politicians tend to lead by being accountable for results. We focus on goals and outcomes. You can't get by on just…

— Amy Klobuchar

We all know that looks matter, and modern politicians have always assumed that their battles are decided on both substance and image.

— Leonard Mlodinow

Drug reformers get seduced by politicians who co-opt our language but who make no meaningful change. And when we don't hold politicians…

— Carl Hart

The trouble for lots of politicians is they worry so much about everybody liking every single thing that they do.

— Jess Phillips

If the world was without politicians, how would we survive without the chaos they create?

— Frederick A Babb

Look at the way celebrities and politicians are using Facebook already. When Ashton Kutcher posts a video, he gets hundreds of pieces…

— Mark Zuckerberg

When we go to war, our politicians will be guided by our popular will. And if we believe that torture 'got' bin…

— Alex Gibney

Politicians and lawmakers are willing to watch us take us a knee, watch us march, watch us picket and protest - and…

— Shaun King

What matters is that the majority of American people have become complacent in a senseless injustice that occurs all around them. What…

— Emma Gonzalez

“People seem to think that if a man is a Member of Parliament he may do what he pleases. ... Being in…

— Anthony Trollope

Politicians - in both political parties - spend too much money. And they forget to focus on what matters most: fixing the…

— Brad Wenstrup

I think there should be a law that would allow the Oireachtas to take pensions away from people. That would go for…

— Leo Varadkar

I have acquired - some would say deservedly - quite a few rivals: former Israeli politicians, some of whom at their height…

— Ehud Barak

True crime has long been a passion for me, but I'm also a sucker for biographies, particularly of politicians, writers, or Hollywood…

— Megan Abbott

The country should not have to wonder whether politicians' stock trades were corrupt. It should not have to think about politicians' portfolios…

— Annie Lowrey

Politicians attend dinners at hotels with contractors. Bankers discuss interest rates at lunch.

— Jimmy Breslin

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

— Rita Mae Brown

Senior politicians and police officers as well as their children get away with murder and run extortion rackets. It is all accepted…

— Sucheta Dalal

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 feel pretty disillusioned about the politics and politicians in this country - and angry.

— Lesley Sharp

For too long, Missouri has been run by career politicians, owned by corrupt consultants, high-paid lobbyists and special interests.

— Eric Greitens

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

— Gregor Collins

Labour politicians for generations have fought to bring democracy to the House of Lords.

— Charles Kennedy

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

— P. J. O'Rourke

I think that the politicians who were beaten by Donald Trump and then endorsed him, that's something that they will carry and…

— Ross Douthat

I think Barack Obama is one of the most exciting politicians to come along in a long time.

— Mark McKinnon

Politicians are put there to give you the idea that you have freedom of choice. You don't.

— George Carlin

So what if I am an actor? MGR, Jayalalithaa, Raj Babbar, Sunil Dutt - all made successful politicians.

— Nagma

Judicial activism must be lessened, and the judiciary should do its work and let politicians work.

— Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.

— Claude Pepper

“Poetry was a way to combat the staid and formulaic language of politicians that opposed the flexible and dynamic language of poets…

— Azar Nafisi

[I support] term limits for career politicians and the death penalty for career politicians.

— Bill Frist

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something.

— Anthony Trollope

Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians.

— Ma Ying-jeou

Hoosiers sent me to Washington to help President Trump drain the swamp, and it starts with cutting out generous taxpayer-funded perks that…

— Mike Braun

“If you are my food, how am I supposed to feel pity towards you? That would mean starvation for me. “A hungry…

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“Whether it is a bank bailout or a student bailout, politicians are incentivizing bad financial decisions by stealing from people who made…

— Colin M. McGroarty