366 Politician Quotes for You to Enjoy

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. Doug Larson

Politics Change Better Giving Politician Keys Locks City Instead Might

A doctor can only treat patients. A doctor can only help the people who are shot or who are injured. But a politician can stop people from injuries. A politician can take a step so that no person is scared tomorrow. Malala Yousafzai

People Doctor Treat Tomorrow Politician Scared Only Take Step Person Stop Patients Shot Help Who Injured Injuries

You can't have people making decisions about the future of the world who are scientifically illiterate. That's a recipe for disaster. And I don't mean just whether a politician is scientifically literate, but people who vote politicians into office. Neil deGrasse Tyson

A figure who receives money from abroad for his political work, and thus serves some foreign interest, cannot be a politician in Russia. Vladimir Putin

Work Money Political Politician Some Russia Abroad Thus Foreign His Political Work Cannot Interest Figure Who Serve Receives

I said that if I hadn't been a politician, I'd have liked to be a barrister, or an academic. My beloved wife said: 'You'd be a very good barrister and a hopeless academic.' I said 'Why?' She said: 'Because you're not an original thinker.' John Bercow

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A Supreme Court justice needs to understand that he is not a politician. He needs to understand that the judiciary is a passive branch of government. His decisions should not proactively seek to set policy. Thomas Rex Lee

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Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician. Victor Pinchuk

Love Freedom Power Politician Politicians Am Why

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner. Aristophanes

Politician Characteristics Bad Horrible Voice Vulgar Manner Breeding Popular

I believe that summer is our time, a time for the people, and that no politician should be allowed to speak to us during the summer. They can start talking again after Labor Day. Lewis Black

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If you're a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear and concrete in Buddhism. Thich Nhat Hanh

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Donald Trump doesn't speak like a politician, and that's made some people uncomfortable. In a world of political correctness run amok, his straight talk has been a breath of fresh air. Anthony Scaramucci

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One can say that three pre-eminent qualities are decisive for the politician: passion, a feeling of responsibility, and a sense of proportion. Max Weber

Passion Responsibility Three Feeling Politician Sense Say Proportion Qualities Decisive

Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen. Mo Ibrahim

Politician Every Corrupt Behind Businessmen

Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but with the system, and that system is Richard Nixon. Pat Paulsen

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I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences. Peter Tosh

Politician Consequences Only Am Suffer

The power should be in individual democracies in individual communities. It shouldn't be an oligarchy or some small group of elite. Power should be with the people and not with some politician or some heir to the throne or some madman. Finn Jones

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There exists no politician in India daring enough to attempt to explain to the masses that cows can be eaten. Indira Gandhi

Politician Enough Daring India Eaten Attempt Masses Exists Cows Explain

I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth. Jesse Ventura

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The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating in power over them, and above all, the feeling of holding in one's hands a nerve fiber of historically important events can elevate the professional politician above everyday routine even when he is placed in formally modest positions. Max Weber

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I have learned that being a politician is not an easy job. My father was trying to make progress in the peace treaty with the Soviet Union. At that time, he was suffering from last-stage cancer, but he visited Moscow in the bitter cold. I learned from my father that you may have to risk your own life to make such a historic accomplishment. Shinzo Abe

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