Politician Quotes · Page 33

“Politics is clueless; I can claim -"I am a politician" only because I am not.”

— Munia Khan

I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things.

— Henry Rollins

I think politicians sometimes badly underestimate the true feelings that Americans have for the land.

— Mo Udall

I suppose it's part of being a good politician to be able to spot the most important men in any group without…

— Leslie Ford

Every one must be familiar with the often expressed opinion, that, as a practical politician, Mr. Mill's career was essentially a failure.

— Millicent Fawcett

I've been both a journalist and a politician, and I can tell you it is more fun to ask the questions than…

— Michael Ignatieff

I have made it clear that future candidates need to be completely understanding that they will be expected to vote pro-choice on…

— Justin Trudeau

Injustice drives me crazy! It really upsets me when I see politicians lying.

— Trevor Paglen

We've gotten to a point where you can't be a politician and actually say what you're thinking because someone's gonna get offended,…

— Donald Trump, Jr

Religion looms as large as an elephant in the United States, to the point that being nonreligious is about the biggest handicap…

— Frans de Waal

One of our biggest problems in terms of effectiveness is that we have hopes, but our opposition has interests. We measure everything…

— Gloria Steinem

Even [Bill] Clinton ran on my program of "workfare instead of welfare." Of which I was the first American politician, starting in…

— David Duke

George W. Bush cannot out-talk Al Gore. Period. Mr. Gore thinks faster on his feet and is much more verbal. So if…

— Bill O'Reilly

It's going to have to come to a point where politicians in their own political self-interest think it's safe and advantageous to…

— Rick Steves

You win the modern financial-regulation game by filing the most motions, attending the most hearings, giving the most money to the most…

— Matt Taibbi

Major danger lie for America? That we could very well be defeated oversees and at home. And the source of it is…

— Michael Scheuer

The Democratic Party is a closed clique. They are not the best and brightest. They're not the smartest. They haven't had to…

— Rush Limbaugh

Bush won the largest popular vote in history with a 3.5 million margin. Indeed, simply by getting a majority of the country…

— Ann Coulter

Some blame the drug companies. I don't. They are corporations. Their managers are ordered by law to make money for the corporation.…

— Lawrence Lessig

And just think, fellow Southrons, what kind of a Confederate nation we could have, if after independence, politicians abandoned equivocation and spoke…

— Charley Reese

When Congress votes for all sorts of benefits, without voting for enough taxes to pay for them, they get the support of…

— Thomas Sowell

Trusting as we did to the virtue of the people, the real people, not the politicians and demagogues, we passed through the…

— Andrew Jackson

Imperial politics represents the conquest of domestic politics and the latter's conversion into a crucial element of inverted totalitarianism. It makes no…

— Chalmers Johnson

There have always existed three ways of keeping the people loving and loyal. One is to leave them alone, to trust them…

— Elbert Hubbard

Nothing corrupts a politician quite as much as friendship. Good politicians don't bribe; they make us like them.

— Matthew Parris

In Massachusetts they [Democratic politicians] steal, in California they feud, and in New York they lie.

— Robert Kennedy

If politicians lived on praise and thanks they'd be forced into some other line of business.

— Edward Heath

When a politician says the debate is over, you can be sure of two things; the debate is raging; and he's losing…

— George Will

The real question is "Why should we make an exception for billionaire politicians?". We should not.

— Tulip Siddiq

A politician is just like a pickpocket; it's almost impossible to get him to reform.

— Will Rogers

British politicians used to be good at misleading people without actually lying.

— Tim Harford

Did you ever see that painting the Mona Lisa. It always reminds me of a reporter listening to a politician.

— Robert Orben

Every politician must be able to keep both feet on the fence with his ear to the ground.

— Gracie Allen

Ignorance allowed politicians to fool people and bad administrators to be re-elected.

— Malala Yousafzai

The entertainment person gets a certain credibility, and the politician gets a certain notoriety. I'm against it.

— Robert Redford

I'm not a politician. My conscience has brought me before you. Give me a chance to serve you.

— Gurpreet Ghuggi

In my case, I think people are surprised that I'm doing exactly what I said I was going to do when I…

— Rick Scott

The whole reason we organize grassroots is, we think any politician that gets elected needs to be held accountable 365 days a year.

— Chris Matthews

(and Catholics give out forgiveness at about the same rate as politicians give out promises and whores give out)

— Zadie Smith

Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.

— David Suzuki