Politics Quote by Doris Kearns Goodwin

A great politician has great charisma.

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

That politician who curries favor with the citizens and indulges them and fawns upon them and has a presentiment of their wishes, and is…

— Plato

One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion.

— Max Weber

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

— Theodore Roosevelt

What the statesman is most anxious to produce is a certain moral character in his fellow citizens, namely a disposition to virtue and the…

— Aristotle

The conduct of a wise politician is ever suited to the present posture of affairs. Often by foregoing a part he saves the whole,…

— Plutarch

Sincerity and competence is a strong combination. In politics, it is everything.

— Peggy Noonan

“The skill of the politician consists in guessing what people can be brought to think advantageous to themselves; the skill of the experts consists…

— Bertrand Russell

Politicians are interesting people and they have good and bad qualities.

— Sayaji Shinde

“Some leaders may be honest and good but unwise in legislation they choose to support. Others may possess wisdom but be dishonest and unvirtuous.…

— Ezra Taft Benson

He has given ample evidence of qualities hardly any other living statesman has demonstrated to the same degree: the courage to look facts in…

— Alice Miller

“All the things that make the character of an individual great, comes from the moral values he or she possesses. Those are the things…

— Ellen J. Barrier