Politician Quotes

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.

Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions.

I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.

I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician.

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

A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.

Apparently Arnold was inspired by President Bush, who proved you can be a successful politician in this country even if English is your second language.

Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.

I started in London, as a kid. My mother knew I had sort of an inbred talent. She was an actress, so I inherited it from her. But I think I got a lot of it from my grandfather, who was a great politician.

I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who's not doing a good job. But I didn't make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it.

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks.

No politician has ever yet been able to rule his country, nor has any country ever yet been able to face the world, upon the principles of the Sermon on the Mount.

I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play.

The more that I know of politics, the more it makes me realize that being a politician is largely useless.

At the moment I am a little bit politician, yes. I think that could be my next step. It is not because I want power, it is because of what I think I could do for the people.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

The politician is an acrobat. He keeps his balance by saying the opposite of what he does.

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

The issue is not abortion. The issue is whether women can make up their own mind instead of some right-wing pastor, some right-wing politician telling them what to do.

If you're looking for a slick politician or a guy with great teleprompter skills, we already have that. He's destroying our economy. I'm a doer, not a talker.

The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today.

I believe that summer is our time, a time for the people, and that no politician should be allowed to speak to us during the summer. They can start talking again after Labor Day.

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

My own electorate, which I represented for 36 years as an anti-apartheid politician, had a considerable number of Jewish voters supporting me throughout my career.

I'm afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or a windy politician, though I'm glad I am not any of these.

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.

The relationship between press and politician - protected by the Constitution and designed to be happily adversarial - becomes sour, raw and confrontational.

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

People want change but not too much change. Finding that balance is tricky for every politician.