Back Quote by Scott Bessent

The only true allegiance a politician has is to his own re-election.

— Michelle Malkin

Usually, a state's voters don't want their politicians to run for president.

— Harry Enten

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

— Dick Morris

One can tell or do whatever one wants when one is in the Opposition but once one is running a state, one cannot do…

— Anonymous

Most politicians keep close tabs on what's happening back home and work assiduously to keep lines of communications open with the political players in…

— Joshua Micah Marshall

“Standing behind” a politician just because you voted for him or her does not make you patriotic, or loyal, or even smart—what it does…

— Joseph Befumo

There's a lack of ambition in politics in terms of what we expect from the government, what it means to have a state.

— Christine and the Queens

That's the trouble with a politician's life-somebody is always interrupting it with an election.

— Will Rogers

I've noticed that in the U.S., when the president hits the three-year mark in office, he goes into re-election campaigning.

— Lee Myung-bak

The state spends much time and effort persuading the public that it is not really what it is and that the consequences of its…

— Hans-Hermann Hoppe

Nothing can so alienate a voter from the political system as backing a winning candidate.

— Mark B. Cohen

One of the things about politics, when you're actually there, you realize, you're on a high wire and there is no net under you.…

— Mike Huckabee