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> [Looking for an honest politician is like looking for an ethical burglar.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-l-mencken/looking-for-an-honest-politician-is-like-looking-for-an-ethical/)

[H. L. Mencken](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-l-mencken/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34f/h-l-mencken-245_burglars_looking-for-an-honest-politician-is-like_2568426.png)

> [“He was half a politician, and like most of his kind he was an insecure man.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-macdonald/he-was-half-a-politician-and-like-most-of-his-kind-he-was-an-insecure/)

[Ross Macdonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-macdonald/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ae6/ross-macdonald-10904_politicians_he-was-half-a-politician-and-like-most-o_1988476.jpg)

> [A politician is like quicksilver: if you try to put your finger on him, you find nothing under it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/austin-o-malley/a-politician-is-like-quicksilver-if-you-try-to-put-your-finger-on-him/)

[Austin O'Malley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/austin-o-malley/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e85/austin-o-malley-1805_fingers_a-politician-is-like-quicksilver-if-you_3061106.jpg)

> [Experience to a politician is like experience to a prostitute - not much to recommend them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charley-reese/experience-to-a-politician-is-like-experience-to-a-prostitute-not/)

[Charley Reese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charley-reese/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/charley-reese-14592_inspirational_experience-to-a-politician-is-like-exper_123345.png)

> [I think anybody who wants to be president has to be a politician, but I would like to find somebody who's coming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-degeneres/i-think-anybody-who-wants-to-be-president-has-to-be-a-politician-but/)

[Ellen DeGeneres](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-degeneres/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e9/ellen-degeneres-604_find_i-think-anybody-who-wants-to-be-presiden_1450216.jpg)

> [I want to become a serious politician like N T Rama Rao and Vinod Khanna who were from the film industry but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-kishan/i-want-to-become-a-serious-politician-like-n-t-rama-rao-and-vinod/)

[Ravi Kishan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-kishan/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a16/ravi-kishan-5372_film_i-want-to-become-a-serious-politician-li_2930619.jpg)

> [I'll see Naomi Wolf on television periodically, I have nothing against her and what she says, but I'll feel that she's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-wurtzel/i-ll-see-naomi-wolf-on-television-periodically-i-have-nothing-against/)

[Elizabeth Wurtzel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-wurtzel/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/882/elizabeth-wurtzel-1275_feels_i-ll-see-naomi-wolf-on-television-period_706351.jpg)

> [I actually thought I was going to be a politician. I like people and I like to argue, and I like to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ariana-debose/i-actually-thought-i-was-going-to-be-a-politician-i-like-people-and-i/)

[Ariana DeBose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ariana-debose/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/be2/ariana-debose-5481_help_i-actually-thought-i-was-going-to-be-a-p_2089487.jpg)

> [“I want to be a politician because I like the idea of public service. Come on, who wouldn’t want all the people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jarod-kintz/i-want-to-be-a-politician-because-i-like-the-idea-of-public-service/)

[Jarod Kintz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jarod-kintz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/943/jarod-kintz-2_god-life_i-want-to-be-a-politician-because-i-like_1113290.jpg)

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