Politician Quotes

If I was a politician right now I would change just about everything.

I don't want to help a politician revise the truth.

I'm not a politician. I only want to help relieve the suffering in communities, and I want to help people see their community in each other.

In 1977, at least, he wished to have people believe that he shared and was proud of an attitude toward women that is not acceptable in a politician. In 2003, all he has said is that he doesn't remember the interview.

The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.

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

In my case, I think people are surprised that I'm doing exactly what I said I was going to do when I ran, because that's not the typical politician.

I reiterate my proposal of creating life sentences for politicians who make deals with organized criminals. They deserve the maximum penalty because a politician that makes deals with criminals - I've said it, and I repeat it - is no longer a politician but just another 'capo.'

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

The president we have today is a typical Washington politician that's prone to hyperbole and decisiveness and false outrage. And I think it's very sad - very sad to watch.

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

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved.

My coach was a great politician, so he did most of the work. He was good.

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

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on a street corner in the rain late at night when he's exhausted. Then he doesn't lie.

I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket.

My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car.

My mother was a politician in my formative years.

People are always wondering if I am an artist or political activist or politician. Maybe I'll just clearly tell you: Whatever I do is not art. Let's say it is just objects or materials, movies or writing, but not art, OK?

I am not a hereditary politician and do not have any substantial asset.

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

Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users' sentiments.

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

If a politician murders his mother, the first response of the press or of his opponents will likely be not that it was a terrible thing to do, but rather that in a statement made six years before he had gone on record as being opposed to matricide.

A politician never forgets the precarious nature of elective life. We have never established a practice of tenure in public office.

People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he was a cunning and calculating politician; from the cultivation of his image as a hayseed from Illinois, to his ability to keep this country together under dire circumstances.

And you realise you're doing a public service in making people happy - as a musician you can give people something a doctor, a lawyer, a politician cannot give them that. It's not scientific. It's spiritual - a good feeling. And although you don't know them personally, the audience are like your friends.

When I think of the person that I thought was Bill Clinton, I think he had genuine remorse. When I think of the person that I now see is 100 percent politician, I think he's sorry he got caught.

I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides.