Politician Quotes

Any politician who wants to run for president will come to me in a few years.

Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert.

I'm not a politician.

I never thought about becoming a politician. But during the military dictatorship, my grandfather was put in prison six times and my father twice. If my family and my country didn't have this history, I might be a professor somewhere today.

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.

I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty.

But remember, I am no politician, and no seer into souls.

If, however, the success of a politician is to be measured by the degree in which he is able personally to influence the course of politics, and attach to himself a school of political thought, then Mr. Mill, in the best meaning of the words, has succeeded.

I never intended to be a politician or office-seeker.

I don't think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.

I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.

Every person seems to acknowledge his greatness. He blends together the profound politician with the scholar.

America is just the country that how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society.

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent.

It is quite widely known that I like shoes. This is not something that defines me as either a woman or a politician, but it has come to define me in the eyes of the newspapers. I wore a pair of leopard-print kitten heels to a Conservative Party Conference a few years ago and the papers have continued to focus on my feet ever since.

I'm not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. I'll try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to.

The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough.

A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.

What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people?

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

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

Nixon is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump for a speech on conservation.

There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends.

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

It's always an interesting experience for a politician to be heard in silence, I have to say.

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

We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do.

The ruling idea of the politician - stated rather bluntly - is that those who are opposed to him exist for the purpose of being made to serve his ends, if he can get power enough in his hands to force these ends upon them.

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.

It's the way the business works, you're not just an actor, you're a diplomat and a publicist and a politician, and there are certain expectations.