Politicians Quotes · Page 30

If bad and inexperienced politicians control power in Nigeria, my wealth may turn into poverty, and I am not ready to become…

— Aliko Dangote

I'm in favour of politicians having extra-marital relationships. Oh yeah. It makes them more understanding of the flaws that the rest of…

— Joe Klein

Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising.

— P. J. O'Rourke

Politicians or well connected people will try to get hold of federations and they don't think about sportspersons.

— Milkha Singh

Concerned we're in a time where politicians can't even fake sincerity. Aren't they supposed to be good at that?

— Bob Saget

I do think that all politicians today have to be more attentive to people wanting to be heard, wanting to have more…

— Barack Obama

As long as it is supported by Democratic politicians and by liberal Hollywood players, censorship is a useful tool to stifle dissent.

— Andrew Breitbart

Protectionist politicians cannot stand the notion of a fossil-fuel-rich America maintaining record levels of production through exports.

— Mike Pompeo

I have acquired - some would say deservedly - quite a few rivals: former Israeli politicians, some of whom at their height…

— Ehud Barak

I am cynical about politicians. My experience of politicians has been thoroughly negative. I have found that politicians are people that can…

— Zac Goldsmith

What's distinctively shocking about Machiavelli is that he didn't care. He believed not only that politicians must do evil in the name…

— Michael Ignatieff

For politicians to be honest, the public needs to allow them to be honest, and the media, which mediates between the politicians…

— Rory Stewart

Our supermarkets sell us horsemeat as beef, our politicians fiddle their expenses, and our bankers risk money that isn't theirs. So it's…

— Karren Brady

I'm inclined to think that, because it's such an awful life, that politicians do go into it for the best reasons. I…

— Richard Eyre

If money is not maintained, it can collapse like a bridge along Interstate 5 and fixing it, even with determined politicians, will…

— Douglas Coupland

Politicians live on lies and promises - but those promises are never fulfilled. Their only quality is that they can manage to…

— OSHO

Freedom is never more in peril than when politicians feel the pressure to 'do something.'

— Sheldon Richman

Like all born politicians, their eye was for the main chance rather than for the argument, and they found it easier to…

— Ellen Glasgow

Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.

— Andrew Cuomo

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same…

— Salman Rushdie

I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost.

— Gordon Strachan

“He was a consummate politician-- which is to say he was given to expedient speech and lacked even a vestigial spine.”

— Nick Taylor

Media outlets that are exploiting Ebola because they want a sensational story and politicians using it to their own ends ought to…

— Robert Reich

Making cuts to NHS spending will mean tough choices for politicians and our doctors; it may well mean tough choices for us…

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

“There’s always going to be a criminal element in the population. At least as long as people believe they need politicians.”

— Jarod Kintz

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

— Aristophanes

“I believe that all politicians are unprincipled crooks and I still believe that they are better than the alternative. I”

— Neil Gaiman

If a famous liberal politician received a fatal swirly, would the rest of them try to ban indoor plumbing or opposable thumbs…

— Rock Cowles

I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about…

— John F. Kennedy

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given…

— Flann O'Brien

Some politicians hold that the only way to make a revolutionary safe is to give him a seat in Parliament.

— CS Lewis

I have never understood why the politicians who are most eager to send soldiers into harm's way are always depicted as their…

— Joe Conason

Politicians have the same occupational hazard as generals - focusing on the last battle and overreacting to that.

— Ann F Lewis

The locals are always going to want the traditions to stay alive. I just hope we can do something about them politicians.

— Dr. John

When politicians rush to fix things, it's a sure sign that either the intended patient is dead or fully healed.

— Tony Snow

Earmarks are counterproductive tools for entrenched politicians to shut down debate and buy votes.

— Lauren Boebert

I think hip-hop could help rebuild America, once hip-hoppers own hip-hop... We are our own politicians, our own government, we have something…

— Nas

Women politicians in Pakistan have to deal with severe sexual harassment within their own parties and from their opponents.

— Reham Khan

You'd be surprised how many politicians have a working class background but they get it beaten out of them.

— Angela Rayner

Politicians in Washington and Madison aren't hearing, aren't listening to their constituents and prioritizing getting people back to work and growing our…

— Tammy Baldwin