Politician Quotes · Page 60

[JF] Kennedy was a deceitful man. He was a cold-blooded politician whose purpose was to get elected.

— Malcolm X

I married a politician. But I thought it would be tough for my children to have two parents as politicians.

— Kerry Kennedy

I see Hillary [Clinton] as a calculating politician without any vision. It depends what the next thing is that they calculate she…

— John Kasich

It is my belief that politicians should not be stepping into the realm of history. Rather, politicians should be taking a future-oriented…

— Shinzo Abe

Music has a role, fashion has a role, cinema has a role, intellectuals have a role, parliamentarians, politicians, diplomats - all of…

— Riyad Mansour

We should celebrate more often politicians who stand up and say things that are unpopular.

— Philip Davies

Priests are no more necessary to religion than politicians are to patriotism.

— John Haynes Holmes

No opposition politician has ever taken responsibility for his or her election failures.

— Alexei Navalny

But the moment the politicians start saying they are in denial of what the scientists are telling them, of what the consensus…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

People are just fed up with these politicians that get up there, promise something, don't commit to their promises after they get…

— Doug Ford, Jr

We were not talking about the average white person: we was talking about the corporate money rich and the racist jive politicians…

— Bobby Seale

Politicians are actors, too, don't you think? Usually, if you like people and you're outgoing, not a shy little thing, you can…

— Shirley Temple

Where journalists have gotten themselves in trouble over the last few decades is that their skepticism often extends only to American officials,…

— Linda Chavez

I think [Dalai Lama]is far and away the most solid, deep-thinking, far-sighted politician I've met, and I've been a journalist for 26…

— Pico Iyer

Office of itself does much to equalize politicians. It by no means brings all characters to a level; but it does bring…

— Thomas B. Macaulay

In order to change the direction of this country, we need to change presidents. Americans need a conservative businessman to get this…

— Mitt Romney

We need to lower tax rates for everybody, starting with the top corporate tax rate. We need to simplify the tax code.…

— Herman Cain

When a politician like Marco Rubio is willing to sacrifice his career defining immigration reform legislation solely to insure that gays and…

— Harvey Fierstein

People ask, 'Is the science going to run ahead of the ethics?' I don't think that's always the problem. I think it's…

— Arthur Caplan

We have to work sincerely and responsibly to thwart any attempt to divide the Arab nation into small groups, with which foreign…

— Saddam Hussein

High tax rates in the upper income brackets allow politicians to win votes with class warfare rhetoric, painting their opponents as defenders…

— Thomas Sowell

Ronald Reagan, and before him, Richard Nixon, and before Nixon, a slew of conservative politicians going back through American history, have played…

— Sasha Abramsky

“A shambling, hairy, brutish, but probably very cunning creature with a big brain behind; so someone, I think it was Sir Harry…

— H.G. Wells

The American people need no course in philosophy or political science or church history to know that God should not be made…

— Mario Cuomo

“A brick could be thrown, like a football, only instead of a wide receiver, I’d recommend sending out a politician to catch…

— Jarod Kintz

A politician finds anything to do with racial problems far more frightening than a gun.

— Jimmy Breslin

It's just not normal when one after another opposition politician ends up in jail.

— Vitali Klitschko

Deliver me from your cold phlegmatic preachers, politicians, friends, lovers and husbands.

— Abigail Adams

Only armchair politicians are immune from committing mistakes. Errors are inherent in political action.

— Nelson Mandela

A good party man puts his party above himself and his country above his party.

— Winston Churchill

More than anything, it's a game of innocence. Politicians may come and go, but they always get booed at the ballpark.

— Pete Hamill

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.

— Len Deighton

“I’d make a great politician. I’d make it out of pig shit, so it wouldn’t be as foul as it is now.”

— Jarod Kintz

If you want irresponsible politicians to spend less, you must give them less to spend.

— Irwin Schiff

Politicians are making deals for their benefit. Now we are going to make the deals for the American people.

— Donald Trump

Crafty politician that he is, Obama was smart enough to set low enough standards for his administration to claim 'victory' by the…

— Thomas P.M. Barnett

I want to use my music to deliver a political message and sometimes to denounce, but I don't want to be a…

— Youssou N'Dour

At the heart of quantum mechanics is a rule that sometimes governs politicians or CEOs-as long as no one is watching, anything…

— Lawrence M. Krauss

I'm not a politician, I'm not an economist. I'm just a simple Brian surgeon and a scientist who's trying to do my…

— Alfredo Quinones-Hinojosa

What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.

— W. Somerset Maugham