Around the world Quote by Mel Gibson

I have a unique ambition for a politician. I am the first aspiring education secretary to want less power not more.

— Damian Green

I am a Rhodes scholar, a White House Fellow, a former Army officer.

— Wes Moore

You can gain in your effectiveness as a politician from a wide acquaintance with the world and from a degree of independence that having…

— William Hague

Be a politician; no training necessary.

— Will Rogers

You have to be either naive or power-hungry to get into politics. I wouldn't consider it myself. I am too well-informed.

— Jon Bon Jovi

Well, if you're looking for me to lead a normal representative life, well good luck finding a foreign secretary who'd be like that -…

— William Hague

Once you've built the big machinery of political power, remember you won't always be the one to run it.

— P. J. O'Rourke

I'm not a political person, and their ambitions are not mine. They want power. I don't want power.

— Elie Wiesel

Once you have power, you are inevitably surrounded by people who have their own agendas and will tell you whatever advances them.

— Margaret Heffernan

If you do not know how to lie, cheat, and steal, turn your attention to politics and learn.

— Josh Billings

First fulfill your academic obligations and then you will have the right to call yourself a leader of the left.

— Salvador Allende

I have studied many politicians closely.

— Sayaji Shinde