Politician Quotes · Page 52

There seems to be less obvious corruption in city government and New York politicians, they aren't Republican or Democrat, they're New Yorkers.

— Malachy McCourt

I am an Anarchist not because I believe Anarchism is the final goal, but because there is no such thing as a…

— Rudolf Rocker

Simple narcissism gives the power of beasts to politicians, professional wrestlers and female movie stars.

— Norman Mailer

If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever…

— Malcolm X

I don’t hold with equality in all things only with equality before the law and nothing more.

— Thaddeus Stevens

Our politicians screw up all the time, as we see. But with so many things, we're no longer the world leader in…

— Peter Sagal

As a politician, I should expect sharp challenge from those who disagree with my decisions.

— Dominic Grieve

This is what's so hard about our current politics: things poll well, but people don't believe that politicians are telling the truth.

— Zephyr Teachout

No matter what politicians promise, Social Security reform will not change the fact that your money is taken from your paycheck and…

— Ron Paul

In the 70s and 80s, Dad was 'the most hated politician in Britain'. When I started at Holland Park school, the papers…

— Hilary Benn

My biggest influence growing up was Mad magazine, which is a very text-heavy form of visual satire. I didn’t grow up wanting…

— Tom Tomorrow

To claim "humanitarian motives" when the motive is envy and its supposed appeasement, is a favorite rhetorical device of politicians today, and…

— Helmut Schoeck

Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good…

— Harry Browne

Politicians, you know Harry Reid hates you. We get it. But when somebody from "The New York Times" or "The Washington Post"…

— Greg Gutfeld

In this prison camp, the Gestapo state brain-police planet Earth, what is normal is insane and what is insane is normal. But…

— Frederick Lenz

I don't use names or captions for my many portraits of politicians and authors for newspapers. The drawing has to be self-explanatory,…

— Siegfried Woldhek

The primary factor that enables our government to peddle economic snake oil is the dollar's unique role as the world's reserve currency,…

— Peter Schiff

There's a dangerous bottom-lining, and super-summarizing that happens in a lot of our press and our media, and sort of our politicians'…

— Seth Gordon

I think right now is when we need to hear different voices coming out of all parts of the world. You can't…

— Michael Franti

Part of the puzzle, surely, lies in the disconnect between official rhetoric and lived realities. Americans are constantly extolling “traditions”; litanies to…

— Susan Sontag

A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access…

— Zephyr Teachout

The American people are very, very ready for a woman president. They're far ahead of the politicians. I always thought it would…

— Nancy Pelosi

As you probably know, some American politicians and American journalists refer to Washington, DC as the "capital of the free world." But…

— Joe Biden

I believe we're at the verge of the greatest time to be alive in this world. But Washington is holding us back.…

— Jeb Bush

People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician.

— Eleanor Clift

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

— James S.A. Corey

There are a lot of ways to make a positive impact on the community without necessarily being a politician.

— Theo Epstein

The Empress is legitimate, my cousin is Republican, Morny is Orleanist, I am a socialist; the only Bonapartist is Persigny, and he…

— Napoleon III

Only people who look dull ever get into the House of Commons, and only people who are dull ever succeed there.

— Oscar Wilde

Putting measures like gay marriage on ballots for elections only hurts the gay rights cause and elects more conservative politicians.

— Roseanne Barr

Why do our politicians put warnings on cigarette packs and not on their own foreheads?

— Tim O'Brien

I'm not a politician; I don't have a well-organised PR machine to craft my every word.

— Katharine Gun

I wouldn't have the slightest interest in running for public office. I'd rather make jokes about politicians than become one of them.

— Johnny Carson

When a man refuses to take money from those who give money to politicians, you don't pay the piper and sit back…

— Louis Farrakhan

It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there…

— Wentworth Miller

As an advisor, I can say what I want. If I were a politician, I would constantly have to compromise, and I'm…

— Azim Premji

I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for…

— A. N. Wilson

One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says.

— Gore Vidal

A politician is an animal who can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground

— American Proverb

“Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can’t bother about where they’re going.”

— Anonymous