Politicians Quotes · Page 24

If politicians did care about their constituents, they would work harder to seek out people like me. They don't.

— Carl Hart

In one sense, newspaper editor is an appropriate job for an out-of-work politician; politicians live the news cycle as intensely as editors.

— Michael Wolff

All too often politicians sign treaties in a hurry, without reading them properly, and without understanding where they will lead.

— Chris Grayling

People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.

— Charles Kennedy

It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find.

— Gerald F. Lieberman

Politicians are strong to the extent that they are ready to take serious decisions and fight for it.

— Ehud Olmert

Politicians are the only people in the world who create problems and then campaign against them.

— Charley Reese

For too long, politics has been about politicians winning power to take decisions about everyone else.

— Liz Kendall

Politicians live in mortal terror of ever saying they are sorry about anything, because that would suggest they have been wrong. It…

— Katty Kay

If you construct political narratives around the psychodramas of politicians, even when they don't invite it, you open the way for those…

— George Monbiot

I've been around all kinds of people, defense attorneys, working with cops, working with politicians, both sides of the aisle, including Democrats…

— Kimberly Guilfoyle

On channels terrified of accusations of bias, or political retribution, comics making jokes about the growing power base of far-right politicians aren't…

— Frankie Boyle

You had eight years before President Trump, a situation where the opposition party basically ran in opposition to the president on a…

— Ta-Nehisi Coates

The term 'glass ceiling' was coined in 1984. More than 20 years later, the ceiling has barely cracked. There isn't a single…

— Noreena Hertz

The overwhelming message I was getting is that people were sick of politicians fighting amongst themselves and sick of the perception that…

— Gladys Berejiklian

The Labour party has done more than any other to address gender inequalities, through legislation and other means, and to increase women's…

— Lucy Powell

“Yet, we worry. American politicians now treat their rivals as enemies, intimidate the free press, and threaten to reject the results of…

— Steven Levitsky

Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.

— Gary Johnson

We need to continuously put pressure on politicians to do more, because they are happy just to do nothing—it’s easier to do…

— Carl Hart

I don't really trust politicians, and our job is to call them out. It's old-school journalism.

— Cenk Uygur

I have a very clear, genuine vision about what political work should be, what politics and politicians should contribute to the nation.

— Suresh Gopi

It's a pattern. Prices go up, consumers get angry, politicians investigate, nothing changes.

— Sean Comey

Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that…

— Macklemore

People have decided that career politicians may be part of the problem, not part of the solution.

— Carly Fiorina

Nothing undermines faith in our political system than politicians going back on their word.

— Luciana Berger

“Most politicians are like hurricanes. They know their path and their destination. Woe to anyone standing on their way!”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

Government social programs introduced in the '60s by liberal Democratic politicians seduced black men into relying on 'programs' over God.

— Jesse Lee Peterson

For too long, some lazy politicians have engaged leaders of Muslim communities as a shortcut to engaging disenfranchised Muslim citizens.

— Sadiq Khan

“Besides, everyone knows politicians are the most trusted people on the planet—how could they possibly hide anything, being in constant contact with…

— Susan Kaye Quinn

If we can manage to break free, to open the system and embrace all choices for education, we will be the first…

— Betsy DeVos

When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what…

— Harry Browne

The people I look up to the most - politicians, actors, artists - are the people who manage to do a high-powered…

— Emma Stone

All modern U.S. presidents are perforce politicians, prisoners of their past pronouncements, their party, their constituency, and their colleagues.

— Tony Judt

The fact is, Missouri's budget is broken. For decades, insiders, special interests, lobbyists and prior politicians have made a mess of our…

— Eric Greitens

The truth is that very few newspapers in the country are willing to do a fair and impartial investigation into the shenanigans…

— Sucheta Dalal

We must take a serious look at the system that allows politicians to get away with blatant conflicts of interest with barely…

— Leslyn Lewis

I don't really want to hang out with politicians. I'd rather go straight to hell, and not collect $200.

— Roseanne Barr

If, like me, you believe that your taxes should be spent on your priorities in this country by politicians accountable to you…

— Priti Patel

The passage of time is likely to make high-speed rail more and more desirable, making it critical that politicians of today think…

— Anthony Albanese

You know, larger-than-life politicians have larger-than-life strengths and larger-than-life weaknesses.

— Joe Klein