Politicians Quotes
- Page 6Politicians trim and tack in their quest for power, but they do so in order to get the wind of votes in their sails.
Ian Gilmour
I've never been disappointed by politicians. I've never invested that much in them in the first place.
Paul Merton
As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.
Angela Merkel
It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find.
Gerald F. Lieberman
Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics.
Paul Lynde
I am satisfied that all politicians were meant to be journalists and all journalists meant to be politicians.
Owen Arthur
Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs.
Noam Chomsky
Every day things get better because politicians are addressing the fiscal challenges more aggressively.
Meredith Whitney
Some politicians are aware of the Bill of Rights. It seems that the opposition party is far more likely to invoke it, to wave it in the air, this is what we saw from a lot of republicans during the Clinton Administration, and we are seeing the same from Democrats under Bush.
James Bovard
I was studying American politicians who were searching - allegedly - for American communists because it would put them on the front pages of the papers in their home towns.
Robert Vaughn
If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's too soft or too hard, about 999 would say too hard.
Bob Woodward
Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.
R. W. Apple, Jr.
Think of submitting our measure to the advice of politicians! I would as soon submit the subject of the equality of a goose to a fox.
Anna Howard Shaw
I am not liked as a President by the politicians in office, in the press, or in Congress. But I am content to abide the judgment the sober second thought of the people.
Rutherford B. Hayes
The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.
Tony Blair
We cannot collect enough taxes to catch up with spending. Do I know a solution? Not really. Do your politicians know a solution? Does our commander-in-chief offer a solution? Absolutely not.
Rick Santelli
Democratic politicians have disliked things I've written, Republican politicians... if they all love you, you might as well be driving a Good Humor truck.
Adam Clymer
It is very unusual for a country to ask guys who are not politicians to come and run the country.
Mario Monti
The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.
Andy Rooney
The fact of the matter is right now politicians and insurance companies are making decisions. We're saying we want doctors to be making decisions. And I think that will lead to a higher-quality, lower-cost system over time.
Peter Orszag
Mothers all want their sons to grow up to be president, but they don't want them to become politicians in the process.
John F. Kennedy