Politician Quotes · Page 44

The one thing the police cannot protect us from is a politician like Bill de Blasio.

— Bill O'Reilly

It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling…

— Franklin Pierce

American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.

— Russell Simmons

I don't think I'm made of the right stuff to be a politician. I think I'm made to be a loose cannon.

— Penn Jillette

Donald Trump is sort of the first candidate of his type that non-politician, true outsider, was coming to shake up the system.

— Kellyanne Conway

Nothing is more dangerous that the politician who uses politics as a surrogate for an unsatisfactory personal life.

— Denis Healey

You have to define how much of a cultural politician you are as a performer. There are times where I just want…

— John Flansburgh

I have never understood why the politicians who are most eager to send soldiers into harm's way are always depicted as their…

— Joe Conason

Apparently, on New Texas, killing a politician was not malum in se, and was mallum prohibitorum only to the extent that what…

— H. Beam Piper

For me, if I was walking down the street and saw a politician, I'd cross the street and walk the other way…

— Alexandra C. Pelosi

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level…

— Dean Koontz

I know that all over America there's probably politicians sending out pictures of themselves signing that mandatory helmet bill, but it's bullshit.…

— Dave Barry

We're in a kind of vicious cycle where the media tell the politicians, and the politicians tell the people, that perception is…

— Amity Shlaes

I am not haunted by memories of Vietnam. But I must admit I never thought we would again witness in my lifetime…

— John McCain

Today, the law is a crazy quilt of provisions and clauses that very often have little to do with securing general happiness…

— Joel Miller

I grew up in a very politically aware family. My mother always taught me to question everything, never believing anything simply at…

— Dave Matthews

To really tackle poverty, politicians, activists, academics will all have to think outside their boxes, will have to start developing much more…

— Sasha Abramsky

We are in a period called post. In previous periods, anti-Semitism was always direct. Today's anti-Semitism isn't direct. If you say today…

— Manfred Gerstenfeld

There's a separation of church and state. If you want the perks that churches have traditionally received, then abide by the rules.…

— Anthony B Pinn

If we can find approaches that meet the needs of the poor in ways that generate profits for business and votes for…

— Bill Gates

... both individuals and companies are using the Netherlands as a haven for productive activity. ... This is good news for all…

— Daniel J. Mitchell

The older I get the more I'm convinced that it's the purpose of politicians and journalists to say the world is very…

— David Cannadine

Anybody who was a politician at one stage - when they were at the "I'd like to be a train driver" stage…

— Tom Hollander

Moral crusade: Public activity undertaken by middle-aged men who are cheating on their wives or diddling little boys. Moral crusades are particularly…

— John Ralston Saul

As an actor, the experience that I have as a politician while sitting in Parliament - that helps me enrich myself as…

— Paresh Rawal

People are drooling for the truth. They want honesty from politicians, and they're not getting it.

— Kinky Friedman

There is nothing that an intellectual less likes to change than his mind, or a politician his policy.

— Theodore Dalrymple

World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war…

— Harry Browne

When politicians rush to fix things, it's a sure sign that either the intended patient is dead or fully healed.

— Tony Snow

The intelligent and efficient politician is a species virtually unknown in the galaxy. Perhaps I might secure a scraping [for my] cell…

— George R. R. Martin

He knows very little of mankind who expects, by any facts or reasoning, to convince a determined party man.

— Johann Kaspar Lavater

No one politician should be allowed to judge the guilt, to charge an individual, to judge the guilt of an individual and…

— Rand Paul

I'm not interested in showing a politician falling over; it's about the issue and making people think differently about that.

— Judy Horacek

Politicians and corporations have always placed economic interests above moral interests. This is now hurting the entire planet.

— Marianne Thieme

To me, political action involves making the politician who represents us know that he either produces or he is out, and he's…

— Malcolm X

“Politics doesn't align with emotions. An emotional politician is most likely to be a tyrannical leader.”

— Henry Johnson Jr

Politicians are notoriously economically illiterate. And even when they know what would be the right thing, we don't really expect them to…

— Harry Browne

It's time for democrats to grow a backbone and stand up for what we believe.

— Deval Patrick

Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers…

— Michael Palin

Suppose we blasted all politicians into space. Would the SETI project find even one of them?

— Erik Naggum