Government Quote by Henry David Thoreau

“A man who is a politician at forty is a statesman at three score and ten. It is at this age, when he would…

— W. Somerset Maugham

Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last.

— Alexander Pope

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

The longer a politician bears power, the more he is controlled by that power.

— Tom Coburn

A politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough.

— Manmohan Singh

Under every stone lurks a politician.

— Aristophanes

“In an age when all successful political candidates are surrounded by, if not at the beck and call of, difficult, even sociopathic, rich people…

— Michael Wolff

“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

Politicians are leaches, mostly.

— Tibor R. Machan

An influential member of parliament has not only to pay much money to become such, and to give time and labour, he has also…

— Walter Bagehot

Politicians are the lowest form of life on earth. Liberal Democrats are the lowest form of politicians.

— George S. Patton

“There’s nothing special about politicians as people. Now as animals, they’d be extraordinary for their ability to be intelligent enough (barely) to be potty…

— Jarod Kintz