The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever being one. — Billy Connolly Copy Share Image
Gratitude is not a normal feature of political life. — David Maxwell Fyfe, 1st Earl of Kilmuir Copy Share Image
Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go. — Hugh Gaitskell Copy Share Image
I wonder why people work so hard to become politicians just in order to do something wrong. — Masuji Ibuse Copy Share Image
All politicians know that every 'temporary' political initiative promised as a short-term poultice stays on the books forever. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high… — Boris Yeltsin Copy Share Image
“I want to have five or six wives, and a few dozen sheep, all for my pleasure. I should be a politician.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
We Shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“No one can blather on like a holy man with a trapped audience. Well, maybe a politician.” Their” — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians take it… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Political sovereignty is but a mockery without the means of meeting poverty and illiteracy and disease. Self-determination is but a slogan if… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
I'm not a politician, I'm not an ideologue, I'm not an organizer anymore. I'm a human being sharing ideas, and those ideas… — Hari Kondabolu Copy Share Image
At a time when the public is sour on politicians, have no use for them, Bill Clinton has risen to a different… — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody… — Franklin P. Adams Copy Share Image
That was the miracle of Abraham Lincoln, politician. He pursued the high purpose of moving justice forward via the low arts of… — Joe Klein Copy Share Image
I don't totally believe that all of the politicians see a problem with the gap between the scores of black children and… — Barry Williams Copy Share Image
It's important for Americans to know what the guys fighting the wars have been experiencing, not just from the perspective of a… — Brandon Webb Copy Share Image
To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by… — Peter Schuyler Copy Share Image
The heroes who emerged first from the rubble of the September 11 attacks were not politicians or generals and they didnt become… — Ben Nelson Copy Share Image
To stand by yourself -- that was also part of dignity. That way, a person could get through a public flaying with… — Pascal Mercier Copy Share Image
The concept of why is already in the vernacular. It is now a noun. "That company doesn't know their why." "They need… — Simon Sinek Copy Share Image
Political organizations have slowly substituted themselves for the Churches as the places of believing practices, but for this very reason, they seem… — Michel de Certeau Copy Share Image
If you go to the city of Washington, and you examine the pages of the Congressional Directory, you will find that almost… — Eugene V. Debs Copy Share Image
Any politician that says no tax revenue or zero spending cuts does not deserve reelection. Our hole is so deep in this… — Douglas R. Oberhelman Copy Share Image
At the dawn of the 21st century, where knowledge is literally power, where it unlocks the gates of opportunity and success, we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“While he would try from time to time to improve his delivery in public speaking and TV appearances, this never came naturally… — Sanjaya Baru Copy Share Image
You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur. — Katharine Hepburn Copy Share Image
