Able Quote by Jim Bolger

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted…

— Dean Koontz

The problem is these politicians have very, very big interests in being re-elected, and the money that gets them there is provided by people…

— Alexis Ohanian

Today, a politician does not just need public support to win elections; he needs it to govern.

— Dick Morris

People want politicians to address the big issues and if they can do it across the divide of parties then so be it.

— Damian Green

I don't like trying to influence politicians, who are themselves representative of huge numbers of people. As an educator, I'd rather enlighten the people…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Politicians have responsibility to act if the public opinion changes.

— David Titley

Democracy actually requires that the whole public be able to see common problems and address them and step outside of their own sort of…

— Eli Pariser

Finally, it occurs to me that the biggest problem with our elections is that however you vote, you wind up electing a politician.

— Burt Prelutsky

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people…

— John Hickenlooper

Most people turn things like elections into a fetish and think it's the only way to go: if we just keep giving people the…

— Pankaj Mishra

It's an intolerable abuse of power to have employees who are supposed to be advancing the public interest actually working on political campaigns.

— Sal Albanese

The public is tired of politicians professing certain beliefs and not acting on those beliefs. They want elected officials who have the moral courage…

— Colonel Tom Parker