Best 754 quotes in «politician quotes» category

If you ignore the murdering and the conniving, Francis Underwood is an effective politician.

If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's "too soft" or "too hard," about 999 would say "too hard.

If you let Barnum & Bailey interpret a plot by Stendahl, it might come out to be something like the 1972 Democratic convention.

If you put your politicians up for sale, as the US does (alone in this among industrialized democracies), then someone will buy them--and it won’t be you; you can’t afford them.

If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.

If you want irresponsible politicians to spend less, you must give them less to spend.

I get always a little uptight when I hear politicians say how exceptional America is.

I grew up in Ireland, so I do not have a lot of respect for most politicians.

I have a deep and profound mistrust of all politicians.

I have all the equipment to be a politician. Total shamelessness. But it's lucky I never ran. In the years from [Joseph] McCarthy to now, I would have either been destroyed or reduced.

I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.

I have all the equipment to be a politician. Total shamelessness.

I have always liked the Kennedys as politicians. They had such great hair.

I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason, I am ready to give everything for Japan.

I have a more direct avenue to expression as an artist than I ever would as a politician.

I have realized why corrupt politicians do nothing to improve the quality of public school education. They are terrified of educated voters.

I have grown used to the fact that public repentance is the most unacceptable option for the modern politician.

I have moved on from being a British parliamentarian, I have moved on from being a New Labour politician, I have moved on from being the supporter in the active day-to-day sense of Tony Blair.

I learned that not only am I a descendant of slaves, but that I am also a descendant of royalty, that there are politicians from the 1800s as well as Tuskegee Airmen in my lineage.

I have to say that the judges and our judiciary system makes better decisions than the politicians.

I learned in grade-school that after WWII European politicians considered sending Jews to Madagascar instead of Palestine. At the time I thought: Madagascar would've been so great.

I'm Dan Gelber. As a federal prosecutor, I helped put away corporate criminals, corrupt politicians and violent gangs.

I'm a doctor and a politician. Weapons are foreign to me.

I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.

I'm an actor I'm not a politician. I always kick myself when I talk too much about family, or personal things.

I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues.

I look upon myself as a politician. That isn't a dirty word.

I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.

I'm a comedian, not a politician.

I'm fascinated by politicians, because I suspect the huge majority of them go into it full of ideas and for the best possible reasons but end up being hijacked.

I'm glad I'm not a politician.

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

I'm not a politician; I am a singer. Long ago, they said, 'That one, she sings politics.' I don't sing politics; I merely sing the truth.

I'm not a politician, I'm a comedian. I know my limitations.

I'm not a politician; I'm lucky to be a filmmaker and to be able to express myself through the films I make.

I'm not a professional politician. I'm a professional problem solver.

I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another category.

I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved.

I'm not a politician; I'm an artist. So I always feel the need to give the unfiltered truth, (or) what I think is the truth, at least.

I'm not a politician, I'm not an economist. I'm just a simple Brian surgeon and a scientist who's trying to do my best every day.

I'm not just a politician, I'm a guy who has a real deep, substantive, commitment to education.

In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.

I'm not saying Donald Trump voters are a cult at all. I'm saying the attitude of implicit trust, people don't trust politicians like that, and yet a lot of people will profess blanket trust of Trump.

I'm the one who will not raise taxes. My opponent now says he'll raise them as a last resort, or a third resort. But when a politician talks like that, you know that's one resort he'll be checking into. My opponent, my opponent won't rule out raising taxes. But I will. And The Congress will push me to raise taxes and I'll say no. And they'll push, and I'll say no, and they'll push again, and I'll say, to them, Read my lips: no new taxes.

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

I'm not running for state Senate because I wanted to become a politician. I'm running because I wanted to serve.

In America, establishment politicians have betrayed our workers, they've betrayed our borders and, most of all, they've betrayed our freedoms.

In a society like ours, politics is improvisation. To the artful dodger rather than the true believer goes the prize.

In business, people are held accountable. In Washington, nobody is held accountable. In business, people are judged on results. In Washington, people are measured by their ability to get reelected.

In Canada, what I find what people are afraid of or worried about is politicians who denigrate the importance of the resource sectors, which are the basis of our trading capacity.