Has beens Quote by Gough Whitlam

“I know he is--sensitive--on some points, Detective, but you must bear in mind how hard it is for an honest man to do his…

— Jed Rubenfeld

The more Scott Walker campaigns, the more he proves he is not intellectually fit for the office he's seeking. He asserts innocent ignorance on…

— Richard Cohen

“He was half a politician, and like most of his kind he was an insecure man.”

— Ross Macdonald

A politician is forced to make a habit of noble phrases and optimistic lies. In the end they infect himself.

— Storm Jameson

“He is tall, lean, violent. This place is his home. It is his playground. The children his playthings till they get their scars. He…

— Pierce Brown

He's an honest politician--he stays bought.

— Robert A. Heinlein

He knows his own faults, but also knows his qualities.

— Paulo Coelho

Politicians get their power too late, and I think that he has inherited an impossible situation in which he is ill-equipped to deal.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

“His mental health symptoms, including impulsive blame-shifting, claims of unearned superiority, and delusional levels of grandiosity, have been present in his words from his…

— Bandy X Lee

a successful politician does not have convictions; he has emotions.

— Ellen Glasgow

I frown at him. How does he know all this information? And why, after two years of avoiding becoming a Dauntless leader at all…

— Veronica Roth

“He knew there were two kinds of truth in this world. The truth that was the unalterable bedrock of one's life and mission. And…

— Michael Connelly