Politicians Quotes

Among politicians the esteem of religion is profitable; the principles of it are troublesome.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.

I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking.

We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.

When people are scared, they need something done that will make them feel safe, even if it doesn't truly make them safer. Politicians naturally want to do something in response to crisis, even if that something doesn't make any sense. But unfortunately for politicians, the security measures that work are largely invisible.

Life in general has never been even close to fair, so the pretense that the government can make it fair is a valuable and inexhaustible asset to politicians who want to expand government.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.

I want to see far more decisions taken far closer to the patients, the passengers and the pupils. Far more power for locally and regionally elected politicians who understand best the needs of their areas. And far more say too for the dedicated staff at all levels in health and education.

Politics is too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

I've seen many politicians paralyzed in the legs as myself, but I've seen more of them who were paralyzed in the head.

The popular tendency is to listen approvingly to the most extreme statements and claims of politicians and orators who seek popularity by declaring their own country right in everything and other countries wrong in everything.

I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.

And I think musicians can better run this state than politicians. And, hell, beauticians can better run the state than politicians.

The only place you see a free market is in the speeches of politicians.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

Smoking calms me down. It's enjoyable. I don't want politicians deciding what is exciting in my life.

I think there's a suspicion in the South of people putting on airs. You see it in most successful Southern politicians, but you also see it in someone like Richard Petty, who may be a multimillionaire stock car driver, but he's also beloved because he has a nice self-deprecatory way about him.

Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.

I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way.

God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.

The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel suit.

The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.

We've got to trust the politicians with these decisions.

I cover media people the way they cover politicians.

Grown-up politicians talk to each other across party lines. Over the last few weeks I have had lengthy conversations with Ed Miliband, David Miliband, with Tony Blair, with Peter Mandelson... talking about Europe, talking about political reform.

I did not deal well with the politicians. I tend to tell people that when they are full of crap, that they are full of crap.

Whatever flaws or personal failings afflict them, it remains the case that the overwhelming majority of priests and politicians are honourable and honest - seeking to live out their beliefs and serve society.

It is essential for politicians to make a connection with us, as Franklin Roosevelt did, as Teddy Roosevelt did, as John F. Kennedy did, as Ronald Reagan did.