Politician Quotes

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

Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life.

It is the future, of course, which politicians grapple with, and that is why politics is so disorderly. Only history clears away some of the debris.

The time is fast coming when politicians will cease to fear the religion of humanity and humanitarians will find entrance into political life indispensable for full service.

I have a new dream I must be a politician to save this country. There are so many crises in our country. I want to remove these crises.

[JF] Kennedy was a deceitful man. He was a cold-blooded politician whose purpose was to get elected.

The man was a deceiver. He was deceitful and I will never bite my tongue in saying that. I don't think he was anything but a politician, and he used Negroes to get elected and to get votes.

I refer to a negro politician as a negro who is selected by Negroes and who is backed by Negroes.

If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever means necessary.

A politician before he can become a statesman has to remain in office long enough.

In the ring I can tell right away what his style is and I can adapt to it. I'm adjusting to life as a politician. It's different in training but I can stay focused on both.

The question is not whether or not there should be a cult of the individual, but rather whether or not the individual concerned represents the truth, if he does then he should be worshiped.

The IPCC summary for policymakers is used to scare politicians and goad the public into action. The UN is all about politics.

I'm not a politician. I don't know how to solve the problems of the world. But as an artist, I have one duty: to ask questions.

I find it surprising, however, that many German politicians generally oppose referendums, but then when it's an EU matter, they immediately scream for a plebiscite.

Politicians are fond of criticizing others.

We have souls. Sure we do. Otherwise we'd do bad things all the time. You know, like politicians.

Politicians love change, but of details only.

Florence for me is not simply a city. Florence is a sentiment. And I think it's impossible to be a politician without sentiment.

Nothing corrupts a politician quite as much as friendship. Good politicians don't bribe; they make us like them.

The importance of fear as a factor in war-making cannot be overlooked, and can hardly be overestimated. Any politician can play on panic when he wishes to stampede a people into war.

I think Hillary Clinton's a very clever politician but she would be too easy to stereotype the way John Kerry was.

I'm used to politicians being angry with me, you know, because I don't work for them. I work for my viewers.

Politicians are the close relatives of the Devil.

A politician plus zero is not equal to zero; it is something minus!

A politician who has no compassion is nothing but an evil apparition; he is just a ghost, not a real man!

Carry always your earplugs with you in case of emergency, like meeting with a politician!

If I see any politician or a priest or an imam or a rabbi in the Paradise, I will give up believing in God!

Get power but don't admit to it. Do it by stealth. There's a whole trend of Rhodes scholars who will be politicians around the world.

Politicians generally respond to who is going to help them get elected and re-elected.

Black Realism or cosmopolitan black politician is a code word to say this is a black person that is not tied to a civil rights/black power traditional black politics.

In particular, I wanted to help build a team behind Boris Johnson so that a politician who argued for leaving the European Union could lead us to a better future.

A gaffe is a politician inadvertently telling an inconvenient truth.

The definition of a gaffe is when a politician tells the truth.

Politicians never keep all their promises.

I am neither a sociologist nor a politician. All I can do is imagine for myself what the future will be like.

I don't know how much God has to do to get the attention of the politicians.

No politician was more maligned than Ronald Reagan.

Though I'm a congresswoman by title, a politician I've never been.

Policy changes like what you desire come from our politicians. So let them know what you think.

Politicians are masters of sounding like they agree with you.

This is the difference between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton and Sen. Kaine. They are career public servants. Donald Trump is a businessman, not a career politician. He built a business.

When I think of the person that I thought was Bill Clinton, I think he had genuine remorse. When I think of the person that I now see is 100 percent politician, I think he's sorry he got caught.

I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way.

I think all politicians lie.

Is there anything more dangerous to the cause of liberty than a politician fixated on re-election?

Up through and including Lincoln, American politicians nursed a fantasy of repatriating blacks to Africa.

Do politicians understand just how difficult it could be, just how devastating rises of 4C, 5C or 6C could be? I think, not yet

I'm not a politician and I'm not trying to change anybody's mind. I'm just exploring what I see.

I think one of the luxuries of being a filmmaker is that you can ask questions but not necessarily have to answer them. Certainly, if I was a politician I'd need to come up with some answers.