Politician Quotes · Page 55

I read a lot of history. It has taught me that any politician has to overcome difficult periods in order to achieve…

— Pierre Poilievre

I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it…

— Meg Whitman

The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.

— Margaret Thatcher

the struggle for the right to become politicians in itself made women into politicians.

— Eleanor Rathbone

A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in…

— Vladimir Putin

Remember that the biggest thing you could do today is a small act of kindness.

— Cory Booker

Any politician who tells you morality has nothing to do with the law and government is about to do something extremely immoral.

— Joseph Farah

Politicians are easy to attack, but frankly, we are all guilty of not meeting the needs of Africa's young people properly.

— Ama Ata Aidoo

All politicians operate within an Orwellian nimbus where words don't mean what they normally mean, but Rovism posits that there is no…

— Karl Rove

Where people coming into our country who are going to cause you and our law enforcement tremendous problems and therefore our society…

— Donald Trump

The major adventure is to claim your authentic, true being, which is not culturally given to you. The culture will not explain…

— Terence McKenna

I think that compared to other politicians who have been put in jail in the past, compared to the human-rights activists in…

— Joshua Wong

I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as…

— Anne Frank

It's truly hard to understand how liberal politicians, activists and journalists so consistently escape accountability for stoking the flames of racial disharmony…

— David Limbaugh

When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing…

— Molly Ivins

We insist that ours is a government of laws, not men, but it is striking how often large historical forces pivot on…

— Michael Beschloss

But I felt like Pablo Escobar felt like he was an honorable businessman. And when he killed people, I think he felt…

— Cliff Curtis

A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is…

— Al Capone

We must never remain silent in the face of bigotry. We must condemn those who seek to divide us. In all quarters…

— Ronald Reagan

The soldier's business is to take life. For that he is paid by the State, eulogized by political charlatans and upheld by…

— Emma Goldman

It is the rare - maybe even nonexistent - politician who will admit this, but number one on the politicians to-do list…

— Neal Boortz

Washington politicians basically view the People as a capricious and dangerous enemy, a dumb mob whose only interesting quality happens to be…

— Matt Taibbi

When I was a kid, politicians wanted to avoid talking about religion if they could. John F. Kennedy couldn't duck the issue,…

— Penn Jillette

The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution. (OK,…

— Steven Levy

My mum wanted me to be a doctor like my dad, and at 7, I really wanted to be a politician, and…

— Leo Varadkar

You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.

— James Garner

I'm not a politician; I am a singer. Long ago, they said, 'That one, she sings politics.' I don't sing politics; I…

— Miriam Makeba

I am not a politician. I am an engineer who has spent most of his career working in factories that manufacture the…

— Brian Krzanich

My constituency is the desperate, the damned, the disinherited, the disrespected and the despised.

— Jesse Jackson

I am not a politician in prison, I am a political prisoner who uses jail to denounce Spain's human rights violations.

— Jordi Cuixart

Some newspapers have a hands-off policy on favored politicians. But it's generally very small newspapers or local TV stations.

— Bob Woodward

[On whether she would want daughter Tricia to marry a politician:] I would feel sorry for her if she did.

— Pat Nixon

In a society like ours, politics is improvisation. To the artful dodger rather than the true believer goes the prize.

— Gore Vidal

Shouldn't homophobic politicians and anti-gay bullies be presumed to be gay until they get caught up in a straight sex scandal?

— Dan Savage

After long experience of politics, I have never found that there is any inhibition caused by ignorance as regards criticism.

— Harold MacMillan

“A job is like a politician struggling in the water. Be sure you hold it down.”

— Jarod Kintz

As a survivor, you learn how to talk fast, cut deals, lie when you have to - perfect training to be a…

— Bob Beckel

In a position to make a difference, politicians and hypocrites they don't wanna listen.

— Tupac Shakur

My past is no secret to anyone. I'm a blackguard and a sinner, and everyone knows it. These days, that's almost an…

— Jennifer Ashley

Over the years, I have seen too many politicians ruin their careers because they could not accept defeat graciously.

— Jean Chretien