I have to say that I think Bernie Sanders is the first politician since Dennis Kucinich that I've been truly inspired by.… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
Bill Clinton was a great politician. Bill Clinton loved a fight. He was willing to fight. But he also wanted to be… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve. — Carl Lewis Copy Share Image
I'd rather work with a grassroots organization than in politics. I'm not sure I'd be the best politician because I don't think… — Lauren Mayberry Copy Share Image
A ginooine statesman should be on his guard, if he must hev beliefs, not to b'lieve 'em too hard. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is… — Al Capone Copy Share Image
He was born a politician. No, Ursula thought, he was born a baby, like everyone else. And this is what he has… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
I remember a time when it was ok to make fun of politicians and powerful people. Now, it's not ok anymore. We've… — Elif Safak Copy Share Image
We want to be famous as a writer, as a poet, as a painter, as a politician, as a singer, or what… — Harry Crews Copy Share Image
A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate — Eric Idle Copy Share Image
I campaigned for [Dennis] Kucinich in 2008. I continue to be in touch with him and I really admire him. I think… — Viggo Mortensen Copy Share Image
If politicians get money to spend and don't have to be responsible for taxation, then of course that will bias their attitude… — James M. Buchanan Copy Share Image
A politician's speech can't do what a movie or a cultural event like a song or piece of music can. — Angus Macfadyen Copy Share Image
A politician who commends himself as 'caring' and 'sensitive' because he wants to expand the government's charitable programs is merely saying that… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
There is not one single social or economic principle or concept in the philosophy of the Russian Bolshevik which has not been… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
I am a conservative Republican, but I believe in democracy and the separation of church and state. The conservative movement is founded… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension,… — Frank Mankiewicz Copy Share Image
Back in the days of the Soviet Union, the countries of Eastern Europe, being under the control of the USSR, would call… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
"The ultimate recession": a recession caused not by failed regulation and bankers' greed, but by very high oil prices, food and water… — Jonathon Porritt Copy Share Image
The main mark of modern governments is that we do not know who governs, de facto any more than de jure. We… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
To ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog. — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
Public schools are government-established, politician- and bureaucrat-controlled, fully politicized, taxpayer-supported, authoritarian socialist institutions. In fact, the public-school system is one of the… — Tom L. Johnson Copy Share Image
I happen to believe that if we want to replace a lifetime politician like Barack Obama, who had no experience leading anything...… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
Who ever heard a theologian preface his creed, or a politician conclude his speech with an estimate of the probable error of… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image