Politicians are conservative by nature.

Every politician - FDR, Lyndon Johnson, Abraham Lincoln, Barack Obama - they're all conservative by nature. They are part of the big thing and…

— Bill Ayers

I've become accustomed to supporting politicians who are more conservative than I am. This is not entirely a surprise.

— John Kenneth Galbraith

Central bankers tend to be conservative by nature.

— Charles L. Evans

Folks are obviously reluctant to do things that they don't feel comfortable with, and the conservative nature of the state is such that they…

— Jesse Lee Peterson

[Lyndon ] Johnson was responding to a black freedom movement that was tearing the country open and he did what he had to do…

— Bill Ayers

Politicians should be dedicated to the welfare of the people, but sometimes politics becomes like a game of chess, in which the sole aim…

— Nirmala Srivastava

A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years

— Harry S Truman

I suspect most politicians feel overwhelmed because people's lives are a real struggle, full of unhappiness, and you would probably feel powerless to do…

— Jo Brand

You can't have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That's a recipe for disaster. And I don't…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

All politicians are bores and liars and fakes. I talk to people.

— Martha Gellhorn

Politicians, please, think of yourselves! Move to help Terri Schiavo, and no one will be mad at you, and you'll keep a human being…

— Peggy Noonan

These days many politicians are demanding change. Just like homeless people.

— George Carlin

Politicians, after all, are not over a year behind public opinion.

— Will Rogers

Having spent years ruining the housing markets with their interference, leading to a housing meltdown that has taken the whole economy down with it,…

— Thomas Sowell

90% of politicians give the other 10% a bad name.

— Henry A. Kissinger