Politicians Quotes · Page 26

Some politicians that I've seen have been brilliant with the public. They almost speak with the skill of an actor.

— Kevin Spacey

Other top-level politicians do not express their global warming doubts because a whip of political correctness strangles their voice.

— Vaclav Klaus

Scandals have impacted many politicians' careers and aspirations. Some have survived, and others have fallen.

— Mercedes Schlapp

Approval ratings matter for politicians, largely for good reason. A leader with plummeting approval ratings ought to take note of the needs…

— Faith Salie

If you believe in democracy, than you can't trash it by being cynical about the people who do democracy: the politicians.

— Chrystia Freeland

“John was still making comments regarding violent things that he shouldn't, but I hoped he was just being a big mouth. Nobody…

— Sierra D. Waters

“Courtesy of tongue," said Rowena, "when it is used to veil churlishness of deed, is but a knight's girdle around the breast…

— Walter Scott

I believe there should be political consequences for politicians who commit voter suppression.

— Jason Kander

Many female politicians get intimidated by the aggressive behaviour of men. I don't. Not because I am a courageous person or anything,…

— Safak Pavey

Political folk talk a lot these days about 'messaging' - a neologism designed to describe the way in which parties and politicians…

— John Podhoretz

We have a culture of political corruption in Jefferson City. We have corrupt politicians, well-paid lobbyists and special-interest insiders taking the state…

— Eric Greitens

Americans from all walks of life have voiced their deep frustration with Washington's seeming inability to get anything constructive done. For decades,…

— Thom Tillis

All too often, we see politicians on both sides desperately twisting themselves into partisan-hack pretzels, for the sole purpose of defending their…

— Kat Timpf

Tonight, I concurred with President Bush when he stated that the decisions on future involvement of U.S. troops in Iraq should be…

— Howard Coble

I'd request politicians to stop diverting attention from the actual issues that affect the country. Please stop resorting to soft targets like…

— Yo Yo Honey Singh

We're at the crossroads. Down one road is a European centralized bureaucratic socialist welfare system in which politicians and bureaucrats define the…

— Newt Gingrich

Professional politicians often claim they are not professional politicians. Trump genuinely isn't one.

— Jacob Weisberg

I know why politicians want to go on TV: that's where really old people are. And old people vote.

— Cenk Uygur

We have too many politicians who are poll-driven to excess. Polls are important. You've got to know what the public is thinking,…

— Rudy Giuliani

The reality is that politicians, in terms of the amount of power they wield and the amount that they work, don't actually…

— Beau Willimon

“...they say if you don't vote, you get the government you deserve, and if you do, you never get the results you…

— E.A. Bucchianeri

“I make love like a snake disguised as an elephant and a donkey. But I mustn’t talk about sexual congress and Congress…

— Dark Jar Tin Zoo

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

A lot of folks feel like my brother and me or other politicians chart out their careers from Day 1 until the…

— Joaquin Castro

I have come to the conclusion that politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

— Nikhil Saluja

“There isn’t a viler creature on earth than a politician who sends the children of others to the war but not his…

— Mehmet Murat ildan

Politicians have limited power. They can't impose morality on themselves. How can they impose it on the country?

— Cal Thomas

I have a clean image. I want to serve the people with humility and sincerity. Politicians have made use of peoples' votes…

— Chiranjeevi

The politicians in Washington just had no idea about the complexity of the situation in South Vietnam.

— William Westmoreland

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

— Jean Chretien

Politicians are terrified of losing touch with folks back home but content to be clueless about government's failure to fix real problems.

— Jim Cooper

Politicians are like bananas when they first come in they're green, then they turn yellow, and finally they're rotten!

— Nikhil Saluja

Politicians make decisions in favor of their interest groups or their supporters back in their hometowns.

— Tadashi Yanai

I believe that politicians should implement the promises that they've given in manifestos.

— Jacob Rees-Mogg

When politicians don black robes and seize powers they do not have, they should be called out for what they are -…

— Pat Buchanan

Every socialist state has two sets of rules - one for those connected with politicians and bureaucrats, and another for the ordinary…

— Leslyn Lewis

Career politicians do not have the courage to prioritize spending and say no to demanding special interest groups who do not reflect…

— Tom Coburn

Politicians and leaders who see the media as 'the enemy within' divide society into two clashing cultural camps. Populist demagogues benefit from…

— Elif Safak

Democracy is a government where you can say what you think even if you don't think. Politicians are the same all over.…

— Nikita Khrushchev

I once said cynically of a politician, "He'll double-cross that bridge when he comes to it

— Oscar Levant