Politician Quotes

No politician is threatened by the child protective constituency, because it does not exist.

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

A woman must combine the role of mother, wife and politician.

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.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I'll see Naomi Wolf on television periodically, I have nothing against her and what she says, but I'll feel that she's a politician, like she's got an agenda to get across and that she doesn't always say what's really true or exactly what she feels.

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.

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

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.

Maria pays such little attention to issues affecting the black community. She's coming in here with a black politician who is a rising star because I announced my candidacy, and my strong base is the black community.

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

I am no professional politician-which is perhaps why I am continually obsessed by the question as to the purpose served by the work done by my friends and myself, as well as its final result.

If a politician isn't doing it to his wife , then he's doing it to his country.

She is one of the most popular politicians in Greece. During the last two years, she always was a politician many more times than mayor. And now the government has difficulties, so it would probably be good for them if she joined.

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 not a politician and my other habits are good.

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 have run large organizations, I know what it takes to create a healthy business climate, and I have more experience than Jerry Brown doing that. So it'll be a stark contrast, a career politician vs. someone who has met a payroll, gotten a return on investment, knows how to use technology to do more with less.

I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done.

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

The first black president will be a politician who is black.

A politician's words reveal less about what he thinks about his subject than what he thinks about his audience.

I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher.

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.