Claim Quote by Jacob Weisberg

Normally, when politicians talk about 'cutting the budget,' they really mean reducing the amount of increase. Actual spending goes up while the politicians claim…

— Mark McKinnon

Politicians often claim secrecy is necessary for good governance or national security.

— Heather Brooke

Professional politicians are busy looking out for their jobs. Send me to Congress so I can look out for your job.

— Robert J. Garagiola

“Ever notice how the same politicians who claim to be against trickle-down economics have no problem bailing out banks and other politically connected businesses?”

— Colin M. McGroarty

The tendency for politicians to claim credit for favorable news is as natural as flatulence in cows.

— Robert J. Samuelson

Look, again, I'm competing against professional politicians, senators, top of the line. I know Ben Carson is still in, and he's a terrific guy…

— Donald Trump

No professional politician is ever actually in favor of public economy. It is his implacable enemy, and he knows it. All professional politicians are…

— H. L. Mencken

Democracy cannot consist solely of elections that are nearly always fictitious and managed by rich landowners and professional politicians.

— Che Guevara

It's one of the reasons [professional politicians] why people's confidence in the electoral system has declined so much. They have all become shadowy political…

— Geoffrey Howe

My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldn’t always discuss for…

— Shirley Chisholm

The long experiment with professional politicians and professional government is over, and it failed.

— Newt Gingrich

Our society is run by a managerial bureaucracy, by professional politicians; people are motivated by mass suggestion, their aim is producing more and consuming…

— Erich Fromm