Politician Quotes · Page 24

It is not magic to be a magician. It is not politics to be a politician.

— Mohammad MUSTAFA

At least the politicians are accountable to the voters.

— Jesse Jackson

A radical is a man with both feet firmly planted-in the air.

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

— Paddy Ashdown

Social justice is what drives me; it's why I'm here.

— Kathleen Wynne

I'm not a politician. I'm not running for office. I can say what I think.

— Art Alexakis

Your country needs religious leaders and religious politicians

— Tariq Ramadan

I love my country, but it's a very hard life, the life of a politician.

— Margaret Cuomo

As I have said, I am not a war monger, nor am I a politician and I do not know anything about…

— Simi Garewal

The unexpressed aim of every politician is to influence events that history books will record his name - and spell it right.

— Judy LaMarsh

A politician, he knows that the majority cares little for ideals or integrity. What it craves is display.

— Emma Goldman

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

— Charles De Gaulle

a fair degree of literacy of speech ... is increasingly rare in politicians and not necessarily regarded as an asset.

— Rae Foley

Politicians and journalists share the same fate in that they often understand tomorrow the things they talk about today.

— Helmut Schmidt

A British politician who cloaks himself in the mantle of God is immediately regarded with suspicion.

— Gavin Esler

A politician is like quicksilver: if you try to put your finger on him, you find nothing under it.

— Austin O'Malley

Thus inwardly armed with confidence in God and the unshakable stupidity of the voting citizenry, the politicians can begin the fight for…

— Adolf Hitler

I had a good mind to discontinue permanently the supply of grain to the city, reliance on which had discouraged Italian agriculture,…

— Augustus

We find two great gangs of political speculators, who alternately take possession of the state power and exploit it by the most…

— Friedrich Engels

The saying, "Those that don't learn from history are condemned to repeat it" doesn't just apply to politicians and world leaders, it…

— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

Nigel Farage, even if you don't follow British politics, he's a British politician but you may recognize him from his frequent visits…

— Rachel Maddow

Cameron's resignation really was the death knell of the Conservative Party as we knew it because that's something a proper Conservative politician…

— Roger Scruton

Mr Trump is a different type of leader not burdened by rigid ideology. He does not think like a politician, nor does…

— Anthony Scaramucci

If gay marriage was OK ... then I saw no reason in principle why a union should not be consecrated between three…

— Boris Johnson

Running for office, or suggesting you might, is no longer about being a politician but being an independent opinion or sensibility entrepreneur.…

— Michael Wolff

This national argument is usually interpreted as a battle between imperialists led by Roosevelt and Lodge and anti-imperialists led by William Jennings…

— William Appleman Williams

A democracy flirts with the danger of becoming a slave in direct ratio to the numbers of its citizens who work, but…

— Fulton J. Sheen

I don't think whole populations are villainous, but Americans are just extraordinarily unaware of all kinds of things. If you live in…

— David Attenborough

The government has brought on the housing problem, partly by these very low interest rates, which encouraged many people to go way…

— Thomas Sowell

Men are strange about politics. I have been around the world twice and I know politicians from many cultures. They are all…

— Maryon Pearson

If the government were obliged to come to the people for money instead of vice-versa, the people would keep government under control…

— E.C. Riegel

As women politicians, we talk about the most difficult themes of state security, foreign relations and development models, then ask, 'How do…

— Michelle Bachelet

A gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

— Michael Kinsley

I am not a politician. I am just a business guy who has had enough.

— Carlos Beruff

Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies.

— Dalton Camp

I look upon myself as a politician. That isn't a dirty word.

— Aung San Suu Kyi

I'm a politician. What I say is not holy writ.

— Jacob K. Javits

A politician is a man who can be verbose in fewer words than anyone else.

— Peter De Vries

Are you a politician or does lying just run in your family?

— Fannie Flagg

I generally think that Hillary Clinton is a good egg and a good politician.

— Joss Whedon