Politician Quotes · Page 70

Today many of these selfish politicians are preying on the nation itself - (belching corruption and farting discontent!)

— Faraaz Kazi

Americans are less selfish than some of our politicians believe and will respond with reason and resilience to passionate clarity.

— Jennifer Egan

All politicians should be required to drink Ayahuasca 10 times before taking office.

— Graham Hancock

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 is forced to make a habit of noble phrases and optimistic lies. In the end they infect himself.

— Storm Jameson

The work of community, love, reconciliation, restoration is the work we cannot leave up to politicians. This is the work we are…

— Shane Claiborne

I'm a politician who's against corruption that Putin has done in our country.

— Ksenia Sobchak

If you're a Republican politician and you're seeing this guy [Donald Trump] saying crazy stuff and going up in the polls, what…

— Bernie Sanders

An actor knows two important things - to be honest in what he is doing and to be in touch with the…

— Ronald Reagan

(Walls) show that politicians have reached the end of their ideas about what to do about a difficult situation with a neighbor.…

— Frederick Winslow Taylor

My own electorate, which I represented for 36 years as an anti-apartheid politician, had a considerable number of Jewish voters supporting me…

— Helen Suzman

It is a real tragedy for a nation when three groups of it's people, namely politicians, religious leaders and charity workes, just…

— Khem Veasna

The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if…

— John George Nicolay

The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some…

— Howard Dean

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

— Gloria Steinem

The environmental agenda seems swept under the rug a lot, and environmentalists are looked at as tree-huggers who aren't dealing with the…

— Rachel Dratch

The new nation called Nigeria should be an estate of our great-grandfather, Uthman Dan Fodio. We must ruthlessly prevent a change of…

— Anonymous

Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever…

— Peter Mayle

Nothing so mystical. Human beings hunger for killing, that is all. It only takes a few politicians to stoke division, or a…

— Paolo Bacigalupi

When government 'creates jobs' by taking money from the private sector and 'investing' in favored projects, it is not truly productive activity.…

— Sheldon Richman

Some of my colleagues who are criticized today for lack of forthright principles-or who are looked upon with scorn as compromising "politicians"-are…

— John F. Kennedy

When an office-holder facing a multi-count indictment says that he has decided to spend more time with his family, the proper response…

— Jeff Greenfield

People often say that Trump "speaks the truth," right? But I think what really is happening is he's become a symbol of…

— Henry Giroux

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

— Austin O'Malley

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, 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

I firmly believe you never should spend your time being the former anything.

— Condoleezza Rice

Florence for me is not simply a city. Florence is a sentiment. And I think it's impossible to be a politician without…

— Matteo Renzi

“Politicians know it's a game of power, every politician at every level, even in the common of mortals.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'

— John Ridley

Jayalalithaaji was not just a politician: she was the messiah of the masses.

— Hema Malini

A small politician, of low capacity and mean surroundings, proud to act as the servile tool of men worse than himself but…

— Theodore Roosevelt

We demand of our political life greater certainty and greater perfection than we demand of our personal life.

— Max Lerner

“In these times, a great leader must be extremely brave. Their leadership must be steered only by their conscience, not a bribe.”

— Suzy Kassem

Politicians live in little worlds of their own and imagine these are the universe.

— Michael Foot

Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired stud-horse.

— H. L. Mencken