Best 754 quotes in «politician quotes» category

When you notice that politicians and the media are after you, it makes you all the more determined to find out the truth.

When you're selling a product or service, you don't have - it doesn't have to be absolutely perfect, although I've provided language that is. When you're a politician, one wrong word changes the entire - changes the meaning of something.

Whether elected or appointed he considers himself the Lord's anointed, and indeed the ointment lingers on him so thick you can't get your fingers on him.

Wherever you turn, there is always something wrong with the politicians. They have everything they need to save the world, and they don't save it.

While holding the eurozone together will be costly and difficult and painful for the politicians, breaking it up will be even more costly and more difficult.

While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician.

Who ever heard a theologian preface his creed, or a politician conclude his speech with an estimate of the probable error of his opinion?

Why, look you, I am whipp'd and scourg'd with rods, Nettled and stung with pismires[nettles], when I hear Of this vile politician, Bolingbroke.

Why don't I drink from a straw? Because straws are for suckers.

Why is it that when people have no capacity for private usefulness they should be so anxious to serve the public?

Why can't we have a voice? What's the difference between an athlete having millions or Donald Trump? Every time a politician talks, they talk about what's wrong with America. Well, he's an athlete who is also saying something is wrong with America. Why is it that when he talks, people say, 'How can he talk about oppression and make millions?' Well, Trump is talking about it. Hillary Clinton is talking about it. And they have more money than most athletes.

Why have computers? Politicians are far more calculating.

With fear of stating the obvious: Freedom belongs to 'We the People,' not 'They the Politicians.'

Women are never again going to be mindless coffee-makers or mindless policy-makers in politics.

Wit puts politicians at risk.

Women in politics are more honest and forthright. We are not in it for the ego gratification.

With politicians, artful evasion is always preferable to the outright lie.

World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.

You are more committed to things that you give money to - whether it is a church or a politician.

You cannot teach somebody to write a masterpiece, but you can certainly teach them how to improve their writing skills. And you can teach them that they can make their own voices more effective by being able to communicate more clearly and forcefully. It makes people feel more capable when they can write - for instance to make a request - of a politician - and when they are able to receive a reply.

you can do anything you set your mind to

You can't exactly bake a man to your specifications. Most of all, one shouldn't alienate a candidate. A hybrid of Einstein, Tarzan and Inge Meysel doesn't exist. Besides, the images of politicians in the media aren't always accurate. I've had my share of experiences in that regard.

You can't be both a writer and a politician, at least not a good writer. A writer must always tell the truth as he sees it. And the politician must never give the game away.

You don't put an animal in the corner without the animal striking back, you don't put a politician in the corner and without them expecting to strike back at you.

You don't help a depressed economy by giving control of its resources to politicians.

You know, a statesman is a dead politician.

You know, larger than life is always better than smaller than life in politicians. And, you know, God save us from mediocrities.

You know, larger-than-life politicians have larger-than-life strengths and larger-than-life weaknesses.

You politicians have got to look further ahead; you always got a Putter in your hands, when you ought to have a Driver.

You mustn't judge a politician by talk. You have to judge them by performance.

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

You see crime and you see all [ sharia] things happening, unfortunately all over Europe, because of (a) the mass immigration, but (b) also because of we politicians are not able to deal with it.

You said in your book that at the end of the day, every politician is human. What about during the day?

98% of politicians are either corrupt or corruptible.

You stand up to bullies. Don't shrink back. You fight back with all your strength, and the press is going to have to do it, politicians are going to have to do it, all of us are going to have to do it.

A corrupt nation is born not from corrupt politicians, but from corrupt citizens.

A citizen is no greater than his ideology, no cleverer than his intellect, no nobler than his aspirations, and no stronger than his opinions. A nation is no greater than its consciousness, no richer than its heritage, no grander than its potential, and no loftier than its luminaries. The world is no greater than its leaders, no smarter than its teachers, no better than its preachers, and no higher than its philosophers.

A bunch of people known as politicians are not going to change anything, for they themselves are second-hand humans, living second-hand lives, like most humans on earth. They live conditioned lives with their mind being in disorder, and yet, you want them to bring order in this world. It’s like asking a blind man to show the path. Mind you, the whole world is our family, and our family is our responsibility – not of a bunch of so-called specialists. And this is not a glorified hypothetical ideal, rather it is an actuality.

A doctor, a teacher and a politician have no caste.

A lie is the most sacred private property on Earth. Governments claim it is not theirs, and that their critics are the rightful owners.

Africa is the ancestral home of black people; our arms are open, in love we welcome you. Africa is the ancestral home of white people; our hearts are open, in joy we welcome you. Africa is the ancestral home of Asian people; our minds are open, in peace we welcome you. Africa is the ancestral home of Middle Eastern people; our homes are open, in delight we welcome you. Africa is the ancestral home of Aboriginal people; our banks are open, in understanding we welcome you. Africa is the ancestral home of European people; our schools are open, in humility we welcome you. Africa is the ancestral home of American people; our markets are open, in friendship we welcome you. Africa is the ancestral home of all people; our countries are open, in appreciation we welcome you.

After the elections, voters are never given an applause.

A leader is to take away prejudices from the psychological edifice of a country - a leader is to uplift a people, while warming their minds with the gentle flames of love, acceptance and reasoning.

A leader must, not should, but must, act as a liberated human being, a being beyond labels in order to bring real harmonious progress in a nation.

All opinions are not equal, as far as running a people is concerned.

A politician who doesn't write his own speeches himself is nothing but a stupid puppet who speaks in the name of someone else!

Always assume a corporate controlled government is corrupt until proven otherwise.

A politician is a man who checks his views in the internet and his value in the bank.

How simple the American narrative. Suppose you have two hands. The American political system will cut off both hands. You’ll then hear that those with one hand will be along the upper class and those with two will be part of the elite few. Then politicians will come along and tell you their plan for giving each American two hands. The people will buy into this and fight the disillusioned in favor of the politician. They are never for themselves and the politicians are only for themselves so no one is for the people.

A representative owes not just his industry but his judgement