Balance Quote by Maurice Barres

The politician is . . . trained in the art of inexactitude. His words tend to be blunt or rounded, because if they have…

— Edward R. Murrow

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.

— David Lloyd George

A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.

— John Major

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

— Peter De Vries

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

— Tom Coburn

When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is…

— Anonymous

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

— Anonymous

A politician normally flatters you in your face and criticises you behind your back.

— Sanjaya Baru

One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says.

— Gore Vidal

The politician is the creature of the public sentiment -- never goes ahead of it because he depends on it . . .

— Lucy Stone

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.

— H. L. Mencken

“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