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A lot has been said about politics; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate

A lot of politicians now, here's what they're worried about. If you're a Democrat you're worried about your base on the left, and if you're a Republican you're worried about your base on the right.

A Louisiana politician can't afford to let his animosities carry him away, and still less his principles, although there is seldom difficulty in that department.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

America gets the politicians they deserve. That's it. And you keep struggling.

American politicians have openly said that the sanctions are aimed at bringing about regime change in Russia. That's aggressive enough.

Americans tend not to be too enthusiastic about having their taxes raised again....But if the American people aren't going to accept it, if the politicians don't have the courage to raise taxes, what are we facing down the road?

An honest politician is an oxymoron.

An honest politician is either a hypocrite - or he is doomed.

A new Member requires the experience of his first session in the House to teach him how to hang up his overcoat and take his seat in a manner befitting a gentlemen.

Anti-European politicians tell more myths and fantasies about Europe than you can find in Harry Potter or The Da Vinci Code.

Any debate among politicians about monetary policy is counterproductive.

Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it is on a geopolitical scale.

Anybody who says, "Look, John, I'm a politician. Don't believe a word I say," is a friend of mine.

Anyone can write one book: even politicians do it. Starting a second book reveals an intention to be a professional writer.

Any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something.

A 'penchant for telling the truth' can cripple a candidates chances faster than being caught in flagrante delicto with the governor's wife.

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

A politician is a man who can be verbose in fewer words than anyone else.

A politician is required to listen to humbug, talk humbug, condone humbug. The most we can hope for is that we don't actually believe it.

A politician who climbs high over the bodies of the slain is described as vile or great according to the degree of his success.

A politician wouldn't dream of being allowed to call a columnist the things a columnist is allowed to call a politician

Apparently, on New Texas, killing a politician was not malum in se, and was mallum prohibitorum only to the extent that what happened to the politician was in excess of what he deserved.

A politician is a politician whether he's wearing a suit or a funny hat.

A politician is someone who promises a bridge even when there's no water

A politician knows that his friends are not always his allies, and that his adversaries are not always his enemies.

A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

A politician is just like a pickpocket; it's almost impossible to get him to reform.

A politician must have some scruples, a certain decency; he cannot smear himself in the mud for the sake of a high ideal.

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.

Are Republican women politicians more feminine than Democratic women politicians?

A politicians willingness to listen to good advice rises in inverse proportion to how badly he thinks he is doing.

A politician without money for advertising is out of luck. They are not taken seriously.

As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between the Republicans and the Democrats is the Republicans are Socialists and the Democrats are Bolsheviks.

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.

A statesman is a successful politician who is dead.

Asking politicians to vote themselves out of power is like asking rabbits not to multiply, it ain't natural.

As long as there is no control of population, the population explosion will make it so easy for politicians to dominate.

As many languages you know, as many times you are a human being

As soon as somebody comes out for a politician, especially in Hollywood, when they all go, 'I'm voting for this guy!' – I go, 'That's not who I'm voting for!'

A statesman's words, like butcher's meat, should be well weighed.

As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.

A statesman is a politician who places himself at the service of the nation. A politician is a statesman who places the nation at his service.

A statesman makes the occasion, but the occasion makes the politician.

At our church I do not endorse politicians publicly. Because I am afraid that if I endorse one candidate, it would keep somebody from coming to our church. So I made one exception one time to put one bumper sticker on my car, but I don't ever do it anymore.

At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.

[Barack] Obama doesn't disappoint me, because all during the campaign he said, I'm a pragmatic, middle-of-the-road, compromising politician.

A wise politician will never grudge a genuflexion or a rapture if it is expected of him by prevalent opinion.

Back in the '50s and '60s, most politicians were concerned about not talking about faith, partly because there were consequences you had to deal with - (for instance) Catholicism had been made an issue.

A valuable qualification of a modern politician seems to be a capacity for concealing or explaining away the truth.