Politicians Quotes

Politicians wishing to set a better tone should have the discipline to avoid televised cage matches.

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

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.

I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things.

The biggest problem was the politicians knew nothing about fighting a war.

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.

I would just like to say something, ladies and gentlemen. Something that I think is very important. It is that, you, we - we own this country. We - we own it. It is not you owning it, and not politicians owning it. Politicians are employees of ours.

During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders - including many prominent African-American politicians - believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton.

I don't need politicians doing a 24-hour prayer with Oral Roberts to get our country back on track.

Somehow politicians have become convinced that negative campaigning pays off in elections.

I think people are tired of politicians trying to poke each other in the eye.

At least the politicians are accountable to the voters.

Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.

I think you will find scientists that think like you in Germany and Britain, and you will find politicians that think like Weinberger. I think the most bellicose ruling group in the Western world at the moment is the British.

Politicians are there to try to deal with stuff, but sometimes it's both fortunate and unfortunate that people like us have more... not involvement, but more power in the stuff that we say.

Half a century ago, the amazing courage of Rosa Parks, the visionary leadership of Martin Luther King, and the inspirational actions of the civil rights movement led politicians to write equality into the law and make real the promise of America for all her citizens.

People are fed up with the career politicians who created this mess or failed to prevent it and neither was acceptable, and the only way we could change that was by sending a different type of person to Washington.

I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons.

Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.

Instead of plotting the demise of the traditional family, as some politicians and religious leaders would have you believe, gay people mow their lawns and watch 'American Idol' and video their children's concerts and have the same hopes and dreams that their straight counterparts do.

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.

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.