Quotes on Politicians

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

Author: Dwayne Andreas

Some of our best journalists take themselves even more seriously than the politicians they write about.

Author: R. Apple, Jr.

I am satisfied that all politicians were meant to be journalists and all journalists meant to be politicians.

Author: Owen Arthur

There is no such thing as several Romanias, but only politicians who divide Romania depending on the interests of their parties and their clout.

Author: Traian Basescu

Most politicians, when they meet with a guy like me, or a guy like Carville, tell you about how they can win.

Author: Paul Begala

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

Author: Tony Benn

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

Author: John Cornyn

And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.

Author: Barney Frank

We've got to clear some of the room out of the prisons so we can put the bad guys in there, like the pedophiles and the politicians.

Author: Kinky Friedman

If we meet an honest and intelligent politician, a dozen, a hundred, we say they aren't like politicians at all, and our category of politicians stays unchanged; we know what politicians are like.

Author: Randall Jarrell

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

Author: Nikita Khrushchev

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Author: Henry Kissinger

It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find.

Author: Gerald Lieberman

Politicians all too often think about the next election. Statesmen think about the next generation.

Author: Linda Lingle

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.

Author: Walter Lippmann

The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face.

Author: Clare Luce

Politicians talk themselves red, white, and blue in the face.

Author: Clare Luce

One of the things that you have trouble with politicians, particularly in Washington, is when you get mad at them and you can't touch them; you can't punch them; you can't yell at them.

Author: Frank Luntz

Politicians are no different than the rest of the public.

Author: Scott McCallum

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

Author: Donella Meadows

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.

Author: Daniel Moran

Wherever you turn, there is always something wrong with the politicians. They have everything they need to save the world, and they don't save it.

Author: Nana Mouskouri

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

Author: Bill Moyers

I never wanted to be aligned to a mature group because they go off and become politicians and stuff.

Author: Richard O'Brien

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

Author: Robert Orben

Too many terms corrupts politicians so they only want to be reelected.

Author: Alice Paul

Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously.

Author: Mo Rocca

All politicians should have 3 hats - one to throw into the ring, one to talk through, and one to pull rabbits out of if elected.

Author: Carl Sandburg

Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.

Author: Jessica Savitch

I believe politicians should always remain realistic.

Author: Eduard Shevardnadze

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

Author: Ben Stiller

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

Author: George Wallace

Popularity should be no scale for the election of politicians. If it would depend on popularity, Donald Duck and The Muppets would take seats in senate.

Author: Orson Welles