Politician Quotes · Page 63

Since there are no absolutes, when it's convenient, you change the rules. Do we know any politicians that have done that?

— Ted Cruz

To be free is better than to be unfree – always. Any politician who suggests the opposite should be treated as suspect.

— Margaret Thatcher

Policy changes like what you desire come from our politicians. So let them know what you think.

— Michelle Singletary

I'm a Labour politician, but, you know, I can see decent Tories with good ideas.

— Tony Blair

Anybody who says, "Look, John, I'm a politician. Don't believe a word I say," is a friend of mine.

— John Lydon

Women are never again going to be mindless coffee-makers or mindless policy-makers in politics.

— Gloria Steinem

I am proudly not a politician, because I am not behold to any special interest.

— Donald Trump

All politicians know that every 'temporary' political initiative promised as a short-term poultice stays on the books forever.

— Cynthia Ozick

Nothing is more destructive than the gap between people's perceptions of their own day-to-day economic well-being and what politicians and statisticians are…

— Nicolas Sarkozy

It is true that there's an economic argument and an economic feeling that something different needs to happen and politicians talking out…

— Howard Dean

Quite frankly, we wouldn't have the problems that we have in America right now if somebody did a better job - if…

— Eric Trump

The politician who steals is worse than a thief. He is a fool. With all the grand opportunities around for the man…

— George W. Plunkitt

“A mother was thinking of how to keep her naughty child in line she tried using the boogey man it didn't work…

— rassool jibraeel snyman

Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no 'Nigerians' in the same sense as there are…

— Obafemi Awolowo

In taking stock of a politician, the first question is not whether he was a good man who used righteous means, but…

— Frederick Scott Oliver

Cheap medical care is one of the most expensive things there is. So long as politicians can create the illusion of something…

— Thomas Sowell

As long as we continue to think we will be happy in the future, we will never be happy in the moment,…

— Aminu Kano

Scientists are used to debating with one another about the finer points of new research. But increasingly, they find themselves battling their…

— Lewis M. Branscomb

You beg for happiness in life, but security is more important to you, even if it costs you your spine or your…

— Wilhelm Reich

“Mom hadn't met Ramon; her advocacy was more arm's length - petitions, the website, letter writing, meetings with politicians. Her friend Hanna…

— Robin Stevenson

I've always been interested in history, but they never taught Negro history in the public schools...I don't see how a history of…

— Jacob Lawrence

Today I have lost one of my dearest friends, England one of her greatest men. Keith Joseph understood that it was necessary…

— Margaret Thatcher

Isn't food important? Why not "universal food coverage"? If politicians and employers had guaranteed us "free" food 50 years ago, today Democrats…

— Ann Coulter

Contrary to the romantic way in which our history is/has been portrayed, politicians are NOT 'men of good conscience.' In the real…

— Edward Britton

A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high…

— Boris Yeltsin

“I want to have five or six wives, and a few dozen sheep, all for my pleasure. I should be a politician.”

— Jarod Kintz

I wonder why people work so hard to become politicians just in order to do something wrong.

— Masuji Ibuse

I'm never going to be this polished politician. Nor am I going to be perfect.

— Rashida Tlaib

Let us not forget that we can never go farther than we can persuade at least half of the people to go.

— Hugh Gaitskell

Everyone seems to be running against a liar, but nobody seems to be one. Odd - I mean, the math doesn't work…

— Meg Greenfield

The mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to…

— Richard M. Nixon

One of the problems in Washington is there are far too many politicians who desperately just want to get re-elected.

— Ted Cruz

I'm more interested in politicians who deal with human rights in their own country rather than lecture the rest of the world.

— Ken Livingstone

I do strive to think well of my fellow man, but no amount of striving can give me confidence in the wisdom…

— Agnes Repplier

An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

— Harry S. Truman

“No one can blather on like a holy man with a trapped audience. Well, maybe a politician.” Their”

— James S.A. Corey

Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians take it…

— Will Rogers

We Shouldn't have a bunch of politicians, a majority of whom are men, making health care decisions on behalf of women

— Barack Obama

The lead singer of Creed says he won’t endorse President Obama. Well that settles it -- Obama will not win the 1998…

— Stephen Colbert

No politician wants to be challenged. They all say they want to be, but we all want to be anointed.

— Michael Capuano