Best 754 quotes in «politician quotes» category

If politicians and scientists were lazier, how much happier we should all be

If [politician] is not fulfilling his function, they then can set up the machinery to remove him from that position by whatever means necessary.

If politicians continue to promote separatism in Australia, they should not continue to hold their seats in this parliament. They are not truly representing all Australians, and I call on the people to throw them out.

If there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing.

If you are a businessman or a politician in Iran, you can get a visa as quickly as you ask for it.

If you call your opponent a politician, it's grounds for libel.

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

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

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

I have a deep and profound mistrust of all politicians.

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

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

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 liked the Kennedys as politicians. They had such great hair.

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

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

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

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

I'm a comedian, not a politician.

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

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

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

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

I'm glad I'm not a politician.

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

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

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

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

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

In general, presidents and congressmen have very limited power to do good for the economy and awesome power to do bad. The best good thing that politicians can do for the economy is to stop doing bad. In part, this can be achieved through reducing taxes and economic regulation, and staying out of our lives.