Character Quote by Walter Lippmann

No matter what name we give it or how we judge it, a candidate's character is central to political reporting because it is central…

— Roger Mudd

With Boris Johnson, you don't think of him as a politician, oddly. You think of him as a media personality because he's a comic…

— Charlie Brooker

If you want to know about the character of somebody in public life, look to see if they have a passion that has animated…

— Tim Kaine

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another…

— Dean Koontz

I realise that, strutting around in power corridors for political coverage, a journalist becomes half a politician.

— Rajeev Shukla

A politician normally prospers under democracy in proportion ... as he excels in the invention of imaginary perils and imaginary defenses against them.

— H. L. Mencken

Some politicians that I've seen have been brilliant with the public. They almost speak with the skill of an actor.

— Kevin Spacey

There's nothing noble or selfless about politicians and there never has been. Putting it charitably, Profiles in Courage is a compendium of Democratic mythology,…

— L. Neil Smith

A great politician has great charisma.

— Catherine Zeta-Jones

“I think, of course, all politicians have a sense of their own image, but he had it in an unusual extent. And, when I…

— Anthony Sampson

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

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

— Harry S Truman