Basics Quote by Thomas Sowell

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

Politicians are notoriously economically illiterate. And even when they know what would be the right thing, we don't really expect them to do it.

— Harry Browne

Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly…

— Ferdinand Mount

I wonder why people work so hard to become politicians just in order to do something wrong.

— Masuji Ibuse

I've been a politician and so I'm sometimes cynical about what politicians won't do. When I hear a politician say something that makes no…

— Allan Boesak

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

— Lucy Stone

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

— Paddy Ashdown

The reality is that politicians, in terms of the amount of power they wield and the amount that they work, don't actually make that…

— Beau Willimon

Politicians - in both political parties - spend too much money. And they forget to focus on what matters most: fixing the economic mess…

— Brad Wenstrup

Politicians who lack the vision to lead the community on big issues like public transport often hide their inaction by blaming other levels of…

— Anthony Albanese

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

Isn't that what our job to do is right there in media to discuss what politicians are doing so they stop doing it.

— Eric Bolling