A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation. Votes: 3
James Freeman ClarkePaula Milne was really the first thing that drew me to 'The Politician's Husband.' Votes: 3
David TennantI have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians. Votes: 3
Charles de GaulleNinety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. Votes: 2
Henry A. KissingerDivide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise. Votes: 2
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheDemocracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people. Votes: 2
Oscar WildeEverything is changing. People are taking their comedians seriously and the politicians as a joke. Votes: 2
Will RogersPoliticians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. Votes: 2
Nikita KhrushchevIt is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral. Votes: 2
Francis BaconInstead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. Votes: 2
Doug LarsonSince a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. Votes: 2
Charles de GaulleNo part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections. Votes: 1
Winston ChurchillI'm a politician. I'm not going to get into a whole range of scientific argument with scientists. Votes: 1
Tony AbbottA statesman makes the occasion, but the occasion makes the politician. Votes: 0
George Stillman HillardPublic opinion is the last refuge of a politician without any opinion. Votes: 0
Mark Bonham Carter, Baron Bonham-CarterProbably the most distinctive characteristic of the successful politician is selective cowardice. Votes: 0
Richard HarrisA politician is someone who promises a bridge even when there's no water Votes: 0
Gregory David RobertsA politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth. Votes: 0
Adlai E. StevensonBarack Obama's a politician, I'm a pastor. We speak to two different audiences. Votes: 0
Jeremiah WrightThe news of any politician's death should be listed under 'Public Improvements.' Votes: 0
Frank DaneAs compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur. Votes: 0
Woodrow WilsonMilosevic was an outstanding politician who gave his all to serving his fatherland. Votes: 0
Alexander LukashenkoThere are two impossibilities in life: "just one drink" and "an honest politician." Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenThere's the disingenuous duplicitousness, but you can apply that to every politician, really. Votes: 0
David CrossA politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot. Votes: 0
William Randolph HearstWhile Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician. Votes: 0
John George NicolayI could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth. Votes: 0
Jesse VenturaWhen it comes to political engagement, I'm not a politician - I'm an engineer. Votes: 0
Edward SnowdenYou mustn't judge a politician by talk. You have to judge them by performance. Votes: 0
Milton FriedmanPeople are not in a good mood when any politician's face appears on television. Votes: 0
Mark RussellEven a good politician, someone who is very ambitious, chooses not to see trouble. Votes: 0
Peter SarsgaardYou can't fool the American people - politician trying to fool the American people. Votes: 0
Dov DavidoffA politician complaining about the media is like a sailor complaining about the sea. Votes: 0
Enoch PowellI dont usually make political comments, because I am a businessman, not a politician. Votes: 0
John GokongweiDistracting a politician from governing is like distracting a bear from eating your baby. Votes: 0
P. J. O'RourkeIf you ignore the murdering and the conniving, Francis Underwood is an effective politician. Votes: 0
Kevin SpaceyNo politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist. Votes: 0
Andrew VachssCharacteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. Votes: 0
AristophanesAny politician who's ever been re-elected knows that friends come and go; enemies accumulate. Votes: 0
Jim CooperThe only politician ever to have entered parliament with honourable intentions, was Guy Fawkes. Votes: 0
Terry DearyThat's the trouble with a politician's life-somebody is always interrupting it with an election. Votes: 0
Will RogersOver the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage. Votes: 0
Iain Duncan SmithBiophobia is as much a part of a politician's basic equipment as a sharp suit. Votes: 0
John DerbyshireBeing a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one. Votes: 0
Herbert HooverNow I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen. Votes: 0
Bob EdwardsI'm a Labour politician, but, you know, I can see decent Tories with good ideas. Votes: 0
Tony BlairBecoming a politician is the only step down I could take from being a journalist. Votes: 0
Jim HightowerNo politician is ever benefited by saving money; it is spending it that makes him. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenA politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough. Votes: 0
Manmohan SinghI'm such a failed politician that all of my rivals have disappeared, on both sides. Votes: 0
Ehud BarakA politician is just like a pickpocket; it's almost impossible to get him to reform. Votes: 0
Will RogersA politician without money for advertising is out of luck. They are not taken seriously. Votes: 0
Robert Kane PappasCarry always your earplugs with you in case of emergency, like meeting with a politician! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanCoffee which makes the politician wise, and see through all things with his half-shut eyes. Votes: 0
Alexander Pope'Socialist' is the nastiest thing you can say about an American politician in some quarters. Votes: 0
Jay McInerneyI am an Orangeman first and a politician and member of this parliament [Stormont] afterwards. Votes: 0
William Lane CraigThe antagonism between the poet and the politician has generally been evident in all cultures. Votes: 0
Salvatore QuasimodoNo British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher. Votes: 0
Steven Patrick MorrisseyA politician thinks about the next elections - the statesman thinks about the next generations. Votes: 0
James FreemanNo British politician has ever been more despised by the British people than Margaret Thatcher. Votes: 0
Steven MorrisseyConfucius say... politician is one who shakes your hand before elections and your confidence after. Votes: 0
ConfuciusEvery individual should be expressing themselves, whether a politician or a minister or a policeman. Votes: 0
Dave BrubeckAny politician who wants to run for president will come to me in a few years. Votes: 0
Sun Myung Moon[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie. Votes: 0
Winston ChurchillWhen a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating. Votes: 0
Gary HamelI don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty. Votes: 0
John MellencampThe one thing the police cannot protect us from is a politician like Bill de Blasio. Votes: 0
Bill O'ReillyI'm a politician, and as a politician I have the prerogative to lie whenever I want. Votes: 0
Charlie PeacockThe fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election. Votes: 0
Earl WilsonThe greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue. Votes: 0
Henry BolingbrokeThe greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue. Votes: 0
Henry St John, 1st Viscount BolingbrokeNever trust a politician, Todd. They have no fixed center, so you can never believe them. Votes: 0
Patrick NessI'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another category. Votes: 0
Sun RaIt defies all common sense to send that roughneck ward politician back to the White House. Votes: 0
Robert TaftI have no baggage in politics. I've never been a politician. I don't owe anybody anything. Votes: 0
Kevin O'LearyGiving a politician access to your wallet is like giving a dog access to your refrigerator. Votes: 0
Tim BarberExperience to a politician is like experience to a prostitute - not much to recommend them. Votes: 0
Charley Reese....he reveals that he has been a poor politician, a bad judge and a malevolent individual. Votes: 0
Gough WhitlamThe verdict on Prince Metternich will soon be out: An excellent diplomat and a bad politician. Votes: 0
Franz GrillparzerThe only thing worse than a silly politician analyzing art is a silly artist analyzing politics Votes: 0
Jonathan AlterPeople want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician. Votes: 0
Eleanor CliftThe most basic decision a modern politician must make is whether to be aggressive or conciliatory. Votes: 0
Dick MorrisSomeone once noted that a 'gaffe' in Washington is when a politician accidentally tells the truth. Votes: 0
Jonah GoldbergIs there anything more dangerous to the cause of liberty than a politician fixated on re-election? Votes: 0
Neal BoortzIt is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. Im not a politician. Votes: 0
Barkhad AbdiI am not a politician, and I will never be, and I say that with absolute conviction. Votes: 0
David PetraeusIt is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. I'm not a politician. Votes: 0
Barkhad AbdiI am not a politician or a military strategist. I am just a citizen voicing my opinions. Votes: 0
Cindy SheehanNo one can blather on like a holy man with a trapped audience. Well, maybe a politician. Votes: 0
James S.A. CoreyI'm not a politician. I think that uniquely qualifies me to become president of the U.S. Votes: 0
Roseanne BarrGet thee glass eyes, and like a scurvy politician, seem to see the things thou dost not. Votes: 0
William ShakespeareTo me, a politician's job is to listen to constituents' problems and try to sort them out. Votes: 0
Jo BrandIt only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him. Votes: 0
Jean BaudrillardThe politician is an acrobat. He keeps his balance by saying the opposite of what he does. Votes: 0
Maurice BarresIf you want to curry favor with a politician, give him credit for something someone else did. Votes: 0
James AbourezkThe ability to change one's views without losing one's seat is the mark of a great politician. Votes: 0
Mo UdallIn a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws. Votes: 0
Emile M. CioranToday, a politician does not just need public support to win elections; he needs it to govern. Votes: 0
Dick MorrisI'm not just a politician, I'm a guy who has a real deep, substantive, commitment to education. Votes: 0
Roy RomerHow different the new order would be if we could consult the veteran instead of the politician. Votes: 0
Henry MillerI'm a politician. I'm not going to get into a whole range of scientific argument with scientists Votes: 0
Tony AbbottDoes anyone need yet another politician caught with his pants down and money sticking in his hole? Votes: 0
Lou Reed[JF] Kennedy was a deceitful man. He was a cold-blooded politician whose purpose was to get elected. Votes: 0
Malcolm XEvery politician must be able to keep both feet on the fence with his ear to the ground. Votes: 0
Gracie AllenMy function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done. Votes: 0
Bernadette DevlinI have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician. Votes: 0
Serj TankianI would have been a disaster as a career politician. I would never have toed a party line. Votes: 0
Hilary MantelThe oldest, wisest politician grows not more human so, but is merely a gray wharf rat at last. Votes: 0
Henry David ThoreauI'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved. Votes: 0
Ronald ReaganYou don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician. Votes: 0
James GarnerI'm not a politician and I'm not trying to change anybody's mind. I'm just exploring what I see. Votes: 0
Nick DamiciI was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer. Votes: 0
Nina SimoneRock n' roll seems to have changed society much more than any politician, I think it really has. Votes: 0
Roger DaltreyHis sentences didn't seem to have any verbs, which was par for a politician. All nouns, no action. Votes: 0
Jennifer CrusieSome politician some years ago said that bad officials are elected by good voters who do not vote. Votes: 0
Dwight D. EisenhowerI think it's weird that people think someone who's not a politician could be the mayor of Chicago. Votes: 0
Eric ZornWhen I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician. Votes: 0
George PapandreouAs a politician, you only meet two types of people. People with problems, and people who are right. Votes: 0
Gyles BrandrethTo ask a politician to lead us is to ask the tail of a dog to lead the dog. Votes: 0
R. Buckminster FullerI get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. Votes: 0
Rodney DangerfieldLook, Orrin Hatch is not a bad guy. But he is an old guy, and he's a lifer politician. Votes: 0
Scott HowellIt is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter. Votes: 0
William HazlittI want to be mayor, but I donât need to be mayor. Iâm not a career politician. Votes: 0
Dick MurphyA politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground. Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenA tin horn politician with the manner of a rural corn doctor and the mien of a ham actor Votes: 0
H. L. MenckenIt must be a judge - never a politician - who decides whether someone is to be locked up. Votes: 0
Charles KennedyThe politician's prayer is: May my words be ever soft and low, for I may have to eat them. Votes: 0
Norman LamontSomehow when you see a politician kiss a baby, shake a hand -- kiss anything -- it is tainted. Votes: 0
Elise ValmorbidaIt is unfair to expect a politician to live in private up to the statements he makes in public. Votes: 0
W. Somerset MaughamA politician is like quicksilver: if you try to put your finger on him, you find nothing under it. Votes: 0
Austin O'MalleyThe chance to be seen as a warm, witty guy is too good an opportunity for a politician to miss. Votes: 0
Robert OrbenI shall be a good politician. Even if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else, for that matter. Votes: 0
Mark AntonyYou are more committed to things that you give money to - whether it is a church or a politician. Votes: 0
Roy BluntI refer to a negro politician as a negro who is selected by Negroes and who is backed by Negroes. Votes: 0
Malcolm XI had no intention to cover my tracks since I am not a politician and I do not represent anybody. Votes: 0
Tariq RamadanI'm not a politician or a political expert, but I believe that there are many ways to look at peace. Votes: 0
Liza DonnellyI may not be a politician, but I will fight to the end of my life for what I believe in. Votes: 0
Bidzina IvanishviliIn the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician. Votes: 0
Dan MaffeiI come here not as a polished politician but as a woman who has had her fair share of life's knocks. Votes: 0
Pauline HansonIf you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it. Votes: 0
Abbas KiarostamiI don't think I'm made of the right stuff to be a politician. I think I'm made to be a loose cannon. Votes: 0
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