Politician Quotes

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. Cal Thomas
Politics Truth Truth Is Hate People Election Power Politician Rarely Objective Reasons
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Wise Politician Cries Rule Divide Lead Unite
The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his 'basic rights.' Thomas Sowell
Man Vote Rights Old Will Giving Politician Has-Been Some About Give Moreover He French French Fries Him Reader How Fish Been His Versus Fries Updated Wants Old Adage Declare Ask Teaching Who Among Basic Things Sauce Adage Basic Rights
We've seen over time that countries that have the best economic growth are those that have good governance, and good governance comes from freedom of communication. It comes from ending corruption. It comes from a populace that can go online and say, 'This politician is corrupt, this administrator, or this public official is corrupt.' Ramez Naam
Time Best Good Freedom Corruption Communication Ending Seen Politician Say Those Administrator Corrupt Online Economic Economic Growth Countries Over Governance Go Official Public Populace Growth Good Governance
A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. Winston Churchill
Needs Tomorrow Year Politician Month Ability Week Foretell Going Happen Afterwards Explain Next Next Year Why
Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions. Antonio Villaraigosa
Me Law Police Politician Criminal Our Above No-One Priest Clear Police Officer Accountable Officer Actions
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. H. L. Mencken
Dinner Politician Promise Would Constituents Had He Missionaries His Cannibals Them Found Among
Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert. Khalil Gibran
You First Country Politician Oasis Parasite Then Asking Your Desert Zealous Second
I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors. When you get right down to it, they probably like being fooled by politicians even more. A skillful actor will make you think, but a skillful politician will make you never have to think. Donna Brazile
Politics Good You People Will Politician Politicians Down Think More Both Fooled Fooling Never Like Involve Involved Make Get Being Good Actors Skillful Acting Even Actor Right
Politics will eventually be replaced by imagery. The politician will be only too happy to abdicate in favor of his image, because the image will be much more powerful than he could ever be. Marshall McLuhan
Politics Happy Will Politician Too Favor Abdicate More Only Could He Powerful Because His Replaced Than Much Eventually Ever Image Imagery
The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice. Theodore Roosevelt
People Loudest Politician Thinking Says Voice He Most Often Successful Who
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation. Adlai Stevenson I
Hypocrite Politician Down Tree Kind Would Stump Make Redwood Mount Cut Then Who Speech Conservation
A crook is a crook, and there's something healthy about his frankness in the matter. But any guy who pretends he is enforcing the law and steals on his authority is a swell snake. The worst type of these punks is the big politician. Al Capone
Law Matter Crook Big Healthy Snake Politician Type Worst Frankness Pretends About Something Guy Steals He His Authority Any Enforcing Swell Who
Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me. Bob Marley
Life Nature Me Political Will Politician Think Everything Never Deal Greatest Greatest Thing Just Even Thing
I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. Rodney Dangerfield
Funny Respect Politician Luck Way Would Would-Be Running No Respect Get Honest
The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing. Ben Okri
Politician Our Draw Magician Both Attention Doing Common Much Really Away
A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man. E. E. Cummings
Man Politician Everyone Except Arse Which Sat
An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought. Simon Cameron
Will Politician Stay He Bought Who Honest
It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
Work Dreams Time You Doctor Engineer Moon Politician Dream Mars Having Shape Go Children Want Decide Whether Them Help Start
Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. Charles de Gaulle
Politics Word Politician Says Never He Taken Since Surprised His Quite Believes
A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it. Oscar Levant
Man Will Politician Cross He Double Who Bridge
A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own. H. G. Wells
War Time Will Made Men Own Politician Those Promoted Come Dock Sure Surer Private Than Stake Much Gamble Should Reasonable Who International Lives Homicide
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. H. L. Mencken
Good Politician Unthinkable Quite Burglar Honest
I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician. Charlie Chaplin
Me Politician Clown One Thing Only Remain Higher Higher Plane Than Any Just Just One Just One Thing Places Plane Far Thing
There is no patriotic obligation to help advance the career of a politician who is otherwise pursuing interests that are fundamentally antithetical to your values. That's not the call of patriotism. John Bolton
Patriotism Obligation Values Politician Otherwise Pursuing Advance Call Patriotic Interests Your Help Who Fundamentally Career
Where is the politician who has not promised to fight to the death for lower taxes- and who has not proceeded to vote for the very spending projects that make tax cuts impossible? Barry Goldwater
Death Vote Fight Impossible Politician Spending Projects Promised Make Very Tax Where Tax Cuts Taxes Cuts Lower Lower Taxes Who
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