Behinds Quote by Mary McCarthy

[The political mind] is a strange mixture of vanity and timidity, of an obsequious attitude at one time and a delusion of grandeurat another…

— Calvin Coolidge

People who consider themselves political, who follow political developments most rigorously, are often those who view the political process with the greatest lack of…

— Boyd Rice

[A politician is] a person skilled in the art of compromise. Usually an elected official who has compromised to get nominated, compromised to get…

— Dick Gregory

A politician is a man who can be verbose in fewer words than anyone else.

— Peter De Vries

Politics is a profession; a serious, complicated and, in its true sense, a noble one.

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

The contortions and games of identity that politicians play on themselves almost everyday is kind of extraordinary. Trump, for instance, speaks like a five-year-old…

— Dan Fox

Politics is the business of getting power and privilege without possessing merit. A politician is anyone who asks individuals to surrender part of their…

— P. J. O'Rourke

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

— Anonymous

What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something…

— Richard J. Daley

Politics is when people choose their words and actions based on how they want others to react rather than based on what they really…

— Patrick Lencioni

I think that politics in most people's lives expresses itself like that: indirectly, in half thought-out opinions and feelings. And sometimes through a connection…

— Mary Gaitskill

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

— Adlai E. Stevenson