Politician Quotes · Page 45

Confucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after.

— Confucius

When the people fear the government there is tyranny, when the government fears the people there is liberty.

— Thomas Jefferson

I've learned in my years as a journalist that when a politician says 'That's ridiculous' you're probably on the right track

— Amy Goodman

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

— Francis Bacon

It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him.

— Jean Baudrillard

Socialism is humanity's second nature. All politicians do is turn human vice into votes.

— Ilana Mercer

Get thee glass eyes, and like a scurvy politician, seem to see the things thou dost not.

— William Shakespeare

Our aim should be to not allow a single corrupt politician or even a family member to enter the House.

— Arvind Kejriwal

I think [Vladimir] Putin probably assumes he can't make a deal with me anymore because politically it would be unpopular for a…

— Donald Trump

If you're a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear…

— Anonymous

I believe that politicians should speak the truth all the time. Invariably there will be occasions when you make statements that are…

— Malcolm Turnbull

New Singapore will be one of the world's finest, most liveable cities. Arts, theatres, museums, music and sports will flourish. Singapore will…

— Goh Chok Tong

The biggest threat to any politician is an artist. Comedians unleashed can do a great deal of damage. David Letterman can do…

— Michael Moriarty

People are even more wary of politicians and they are realizing that democracy isn't just about putting a cross on a ballot…

— Mark Thomas

“From out there on the moon, international politics looks so petty. You want to grab a politician by the scruff of the…

— Ed Mitchell

In Italy, above all in view of the next general election, political parties, movements and new politicians continue to proliferate, naturally all…

— William C. Brown

Bad schools, crime, drugs, high taxes, the social security mess, racism, the health care ? crisis? unemployment, welfare state dependency, illegitimacy, the…

— Larry Elder

An eternal question about children is, how should we educate them? Politicians and educators consider more school days in a year, more…

— Thomas Moore

Your politicians, priests, parents, they all are guilt-creators, because that is the only way that you can be controlled and manipulated. A…

— Rajneesh

I want to submit to you tonight that this country is not gospel-hardened; it is gospel-ignorant because most of its preachers are.…

— Paul Washer

Too many politicians seem to reach for 'infrastructure' as the default answer to investment, as if roads and bridges were the answer…

— Mariana Mazzucato

The fact that cultures are failing all over the world means that they don't know how to operate a society to make…

— Jacque Fresco

The capitalist has this over the politician and the clergyman; he has in practice done more to raise the standard of living…

— Dinesh D'Souza

Most of us are conditioned for many years to have a political viewpoint - Republican or Democratic, liberal, conservative, or moderate. The…

— John F. Kennedy

I've never been a politician, but , I am totally committed to the Republican Party. I feel very honored to be the…

— Donald Trump

It's always an interesting experience for a politician to be heard in silence, I have to say.

— Theresa May

The problem for me is not that Schwarzenegger is governor, but the extent to which even politicians who are not actors are…

— Slavoj Žižek

Why, look you, I am whipp'd and scourg'd with rods, Nettled and stung with pismires[nettles], when I hear Of this vile politician,…

— William Shakespeare

You may scoff at the Tooth Fairy if you like. But the Tooth Fairy's approach has gotten more politicians elected than any…

— Thomas Sowell

Many of our troubles are due to the fact that our people turn to politicians for everything.

— Margaret Thatcher

You know, I'm a free market politician and I think I'm the only one who worked for think-tanks like the Montreal Economic…

— Maxime Bernier

I wanted to touch on the piece where often politicians use "god" to excuse their actions.

— Erin McKeown

My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed…

— Zaha Hadid

As a young politician, I voted against the return of Sinai and peace with Egypt. I was mistaken.

— Ehud Olmert

Never vote for the best candidate, vote for the one who will do the least harm.

— Frank Dane

I'm not a politician. I'm somebody who knows the world can be better, and I'm willing to fight for it.

— DeRay Mckesson

When politicians talk about immigration reform, they usually mean the following, amnesty, open borders, lower wages.

— Donald Trump

Any realistic vision of change must be based on the notion of empowerment of people.

— Michael Manley

The truth about the climate crisis is still inconvenient for the large carbon polluters and the politicians who are in their pockets.

— Al Gore

I believe that history is not made by cynics; it is made by realists who are not afraid to dream. Let us…

— Tzipi Livni