366 Politician Quotes for You to Enjoy

I hate the idea of labels and saying you are member of one party or another and signing up to all sorts of policies that you don't have a view on or don't believe in. Because I'm not a politician, I don't have to be consistent in what I say and how I behave. Armando Iannucci

I'm not a politician. I'm not running for office. I can say what I think. Art Alexakis

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Manmohan Singh is the best politician India has seen. I can't say the same about him as an economist. Arun Jaitley

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It is weird. A lot of people try to ask me political questions. I'm not a politician. Barkhad Abdi

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This is the way I think about politics: We want two diametrically opposed things from a politician. On one hand we want them to be bastions of moral integrity, perfect people, saints. And on the other hand, we want them to be effective leaders. Beau Willimon

Engaging in a sycophantic way with any politician in the short term is tempting. It offers the lure of access and the promise of influence. But ultimately, it can lead to misreading the environment, giving too much of an ear to the politician's circle, and confining your audience to partisans. Ben Domenech

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Primarily affecting low-information voters and members of the mainstream media, Obama Worship Syndrome attributes impossible capabilities to Obama's political opponents, finds excuses for every Obama failure in everyone around him and praises the president as the finest politician - nay, human being - of our time. Ben Shapiro

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President Obama is a gifted politician. He is gifted with rhetoric virtuosity. He is gifted with the ability to lie directly to camera without blinking. And he is gifted with some of the most incompetent conservative opposition in the history of the country. Ben Shapiro

I'm a comedian. You have to understand that my brain doesn't work like a politician's brain. Beppe Grillo

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My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done. Bernadette Devlin

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Howard Dean has been successful because he was clear in his opposition to the war. People appreciate a politician with the courage to say, I oppose this war. Bianca Jagger

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I may not be a politician, but I will fight to the end of my life for what I believe in. Bidzina Ivanishvili

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Jason McDermott can be the most ingratiating young man: a born politician. Bill Dedman

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Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he certainly is among the most accomplished at it. Bob Beauprez

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I'm a singer, not a politician, and I think you don't want the two to get confused. It's not OK to be on CNN talking about people starving and then tell the interviewer that your new album is coming out in six months. Bono

The point is, is that when you elect a politician, it has nothing to do with their personality. Politicians perform a function, a role in government. And the role of city government is not one that serves the people, unless the people make them do what the people want. Boots Riley

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I've got more in common with a three-toed sloth than I have with Winston Churchill. There is no easy comparison with any modern politician. The more you read about him, the more completely amazed you are about what he did - his energy, his literary fecundity, his ability to work - just unbelievable energy. Boris Johnson

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Where I'm an outsider is, I'm not a career politician. Bruce Rauner

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It never occurred to me that I was important enough to have some politician go out of his way to silence me. I only found out about it in the '80s by accident - a broadcaster announced they received letters of commendation from the White House for having suppressed my music. My career was so highly impacted in the U.S. it will never recover. Buffy Sainte-Marie

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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver. Carly Fiorina

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I have been a civil servant and a politician for over 30 years. Carrie Lam

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Lincoln was a supreme politician. He understood politics because he understood human nature. Charles A. Beard

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I am not a politician, and my other habits air good. Charles Farrar Browne

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I'm obviously not a politician, nor do I have the desire to be one, but I'm a conscious citizen. Chauncey Billups

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