Politician Quotes · Page 14

I generally think that Hillary Clinton is a good egg and a good politician.

— Joss Whedon

That's the tragedy of our country. Everyone is an inexperienced politician.

— Ksenia Sobchak

If I was a politician right now I would change just about everything.

— David Coverdale

Are you a politician or does lying just run in your family?

— Fannie Flagg

A politician is a man who can be verbose in fewer words than anyone else.

— Peter De Vries

I'm a politician. What I say is not holy writ.

— Jacob K. Javits

I look upon myself as a politician. That isn't a dirty word.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I am not a politician. I am just a business guy who has had enough.

— Carlos Beruff

“Politics is clueless; I can claim -"I am a politician" only because I am not.”

— Munia Khan

We don't want our politicians bending to the whims of whichever corporation has the money to pay them off.

— Michael Monroe

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

— Herbert Hoover

The politicians are no prizes, but the people are even worse, they're so ill-informed. I never understand the pushback when I say…

— Bill Maher

No politician is ever benefited by saving money; it is spending it that makes him.

— H. L. Mencken

In Massachusetts they [Democratic politicians] steal, in California they feud, and in New York they lie.

— Robert Kennedy

Injustice drives me crazy! It really upsets me when I see politicians lying.

— Trevor Paglen

Nothing corrupts a politician quite as much as friendship. Good politicians don't bribe; they make us like them.

— Matthew Parris

There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you…

— Boris Yeltsin

I think the scary thing is that there is in place already a sprawling infrastructure of advocacy groups, think tanks, academics and…

— Jane Mayer

Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a…

— Kenneth Koch

I ran two campaigns for governor in a state that's 2-1 Democrat where I did not mention my opponent in print, radio,…

— Gary Johnson

Our society is ridden with corruption and corrupt people. This is perhaps the reason why despite receiving several offers, I am unwilling…

— Raza Murad

All politicians are not the same. I've never felt that way. What is the same is that voters get very excited about…

— Doris Lessing

When one questions [Dalai Lama's] political actions, it is worth remembering that he's the single most experienced politician on the planet at…

— Pico Iyer

I think having a vision can make someone an influential man. I'm not talking about acting or anything like that, I'm talking…

— Benicio Del Toro

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

There's a stupid trend in American politics right now with people who have no experience with politics and no grasp of public…

— Steve Albini

If I was to really get at the burr in my saddle, it's not politics - and this is, I think, probably…

— Jon Stewart

I really believe that art has to play a role in changing the moral direction. Mean, selfish people are in charge of…

— Steve Almond

Musicians and artists are not... it's not like politicians or something where you can't really affect them. There's not like this separate…

— Bradford Cox

People at civil-liberties organizations say it's a sea change, and that it's very clear judges have begun to question more critically assertions…

— Edward Snowden

When the strongest nation in the world can be tied up for years in a war with no end in sight, when…

— Richard M. Nixon

For years, liberals have demonstrated a near religious devotion to the cause of 'cleaning up elections' with campaign finance reform, the wondrous…

— Anthony Gregory

Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies.

— Dalton Camp

I love my country, but it's a very hard life, the life of a politician.

— Margaret Cuomo

A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

— Michael Kinsley

Your country needs religious leaders and religious politicians

— Tariq Ramadan

Social justice is what drives me; it's why I'm here.

— Kathleen Wynne

I'm not a politician. I'm not running for office. I can say what I think.

— Art Alexakis

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

— Paddy Ashdown

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted-in the air.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt