Democracy is a government where you can say what you think…

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think.

— Walt Whitman

We tend to think of politicians as time-servers and slackers. But on those committees they usually have an interest in the subject. And they're…

— Mark Thomas

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

— Ross Douthat

Sometimes I do think that politicians are only in it for themselves, but actually as Ive got older Ive started to feel less cynical…

— Hugh Dennis

I think that all politicians who aspire to the presidency are a little nuts, but for different reasons. What kind of person aspires to…

— Rick Perlstein

I always think that politicians are worse than the baddest gangsters.

— Finn Cole

I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.

— Ben Stiller

The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.

— Tony Blair

I'll tell you what I really think about politicians. The other night I watched some politicians on television talking about Vietnam. I wanted very…

— Harold Pinter

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted…

— Dean Koontz

I think the American people, with some justification, think that most politicians live in la-la land.

— John Kennedy

I think politicians really go with the tide.

— Jimmy Carter

Do not fear or misunderstand when the Government say they are looking to our defences. I give you my word that there will be…

— Stanley Baldwin

Why these people who want to do so much good for everyone, who call themselves government and this and that, why them say you…

— Bob Marley

There really is no foolproof or even optimal way of dealing with White House emissaries who tell whoppers on live television. On the one…

— Erik Wemple