Confidence Quote by Confucius

Politician: Whoever shakes your hand before elections and your wallet after elections.

— Nikhil Saluja

“If a man’s a constant hand-shaker, he must be a politician or a crook—or both, if he is a politician.”

— Jarod Kintz

I shake hands very gladly politically. I don't think you could be a politician if you didn't shake hands.

— Donald Trump

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

— Anonymous

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.

— David Lloyd George

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

— Austin O'Malley

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

— Adlai E. Stevenson

I don't think I have the demeanor to be a politician. I'm used to making decisions and to a certain extent being in charge.

— Raymond Kelly

A statesman is he who thinks in the future generations, and a politician is he who thinks in the upcoming elections.

— Abraham Lincoln

A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.

— John Major

A politician normally flatters you in your face and criticises you behind your back.

— Sanjaya Baru

A politician normally prospers under democracy in proportion ... as he excels in the invention of imaginary perils and imaginary defenses against them.

— H. L. Mencken