Politician Quotes · Page 58

As a politician, I felt like a servant, but in the film industry, I feel like a queen.

— Rakhi Sawant

…he reveals that he has been a poor politician, a bad judge and a malevolent individual.

— Gough Whitlam

I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician.

— Marty Feldman

I'd like to think that in a generation or two we'll have politicians whose life experience reflects that of the people who…

— Billy Bragg

To succeed inside a political party, one must cultivate an ability to sit still and remain polite while foolish people speak nonsense

— Morton Blackwell

Actors who have tried to play Churchill and MacArthur have failed abysmally because each of those men was a great actor playing…

— William Manchester

He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.

— Al Franken

Legislators and revolutionaries who promise both equality and liberty are visionaries and charlatans.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Tony Blair is a very able politician; he's perhaps one of the best of his generation. He made a major contribution in…

— Kofi Annan

Having lived in Florida for as long as you did as well, Jeb Bush has never really been that great of a…

— Joy-Ann Reid

You must understand what the Parthenon Marbles mean to us. They are our pride. They are our sacrifices. They are our noblest…

— Melina Mercouri

I like talking about certain things, I like being vocal. But I couldn't see myself being full-fledged politician. I don't really see…

— Declan McKenna

Public values are not only under attack in the United States and elsewhere but appear to have become irrelevant just as those…

— Henry Giroux

Well, teachers have been profoundly demoralized in recent years and are often treated with contempt by politicians. There's a great deal of…

— Jonathan Kozol

Of course, politicians always say they're just describing their opponents' positions, even if they are in fact offering absurd caricatures, if not…

— James Surowiecki

I'm often amazed at the way politicians, who spend hours poring over opinion poll results in a desperate attempt to discover what…

— Simon Hoggart

don’t believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty;…

— Anne Frank

No politician can praise unemployment or inflation, and there is no way of combining high employment with stable prices that does not…

— John Kenneth Galbraith

...the first murmurings from the liberal part of the U.S.A. that we were somehow in the wrong, brutal killers, bullying other countries;…

— Marcus Luttrell

Have you ever noticed that the only metaphor we have in our public discourse for solving problems is to declare war on…

— George Carlin

Before the nineteen-seventies, most Republicans in Washington accepted the institutions of the welfare state, and most Democrats agreed with the logic of…

— George Packer

With all that IMF money, the Thailand's and Mexico's are spared the consequences of their fiscal incompetence, and Wall Street's heavy hitters…

— Pat Buchanan

The politicians of New York as not so fastidious as some gentlemen are, as to disclosing the principles on which they act.…

— William L. Marcy

The Supreme Court nominations [example]. I mean, the fact that Mitch McConnell, the leader of the Republicans, was able to just stop…

— Barack Obama

Politicians must let voters know what they think about issues before the election. Judges should not.

— Jon Kyl

I want to be a Politician. Why? Cause I can have a lot of money. Well, maybe, all Politician's are corrupt.

— Rakii Retondo

Every individual should be expressing themselves, whether a politician or a minister or a policeman.

— Dave Brubeck

If enough citizens believe their national security’s in jeopardy then politicians who propose wars will receive the support they need.

— James Morcan

Tony Blair is a brilliant politician. Unfortunately, his legacy is entwined with George W. Bush because of Iraq.

— Noel Gallagher

Is there anything more dangerous to the cause of liberty than a politician fixated on re-election?

— Neal Boortz

Politicians who complain about the media are like sailors who complain about the sea.

— Enoch Powell

“A politician often uses an example or analogy as an attempt to make us forget the question he or she is supposedly…

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“I thought I ran over a politician’s dog, but when I discovered it was his wig, I was disappointed.”

— Jarod Kintz

No one should be forced to delay health care because politicians have the audacity to presume to know what is best for…

— Nancy Northup

Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs.

— Noam Chomsky

“The idea of a vegetarian butcher is absurd; but there is something more absurd than this: The idea of an honest politician!”

— Mehmet Murat ildan

In countries where all the crooked politicians wear pin-striped suits, the best people are bare-assed.

— Paul Theroux

I don't want to appease everyone. It seems very difficult to be steadfast on truth and be a politician.

— Russell Simmons

Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success.

— Abdul Kalam

Politicians saying one thing and doing another, celebrities though are some of the worst offenders.

— Eric Bolling