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He was born a politician. No, Ursula thought, he was born a baby, like everyone else. And this is what he has chosen to become.
I've never been a politician, but , I am totally committed to the Republican Party. I feel very honored to be the front runner.
If you let Barnum & Bailey interpret a plot by Stendahl, it might come out to be something like the 1972 Democratic convention.
[The politicians] become nothingness and they don't do the job that they got elected to do. And it happens time and time again.
The magician and the politician have much in common: they both have to draw our attention away from what they are really doing.
Do politicians understand just how difficult it could be, just how devastating rises of 4C, 5C or 6C could be? I think, not yet
A politician who climbs high over the bodies of the slain is described as vile or great according to the degree of his success.
You slam a politician, you make out he's the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses.
Florence for me is not simply a city. Florence is a sentiment. And I think it's impossible to be a politician without sentiment.
I sympathize with politicians who have to watch every syllable they utter for fear it will be misused by somebody with an agenda.
A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation.
I am not a politician but I have dedicated the biggest part of my professional life to economic policy both in Greece and Europe.
I'm not a politician, I'm not an economist. I'm just a simple Brian surgeon and a scientist who's trying to do my best every day.
If you interviewed 1,000 politicians and asked about whether the media's "too soft" or "too hard," about 999 would say "too hard."
Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life.
He [Newt Gingrich] is the most unpopular politician in America. His favorable rating is only four points higher than the Unabomber.
Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.
I beg the Lord to grant us more politicians who are genuinely disturbed by the state of society, the people, the lives of the poor!
Herman Brown was a businessman who wanted value for money spent. His relationships with politicians were measured by that criterion.
We have politicians that are grossly incompetent. We have leaders that are incompetent and we have negotiators that are incompetent.
We need to continuously put pressure on politicians to do more, because they are happy just to do nothing—it’s easier to do nothing.
I wouldn't have the slightest interest in running for public office. I'd rather make jokes about politicians than become one of them.
The truth about the climate crisis is still inconvenient for the large carbon polluters and the politicians who are in their pockets.
Get power but don't admit to it. Do it by stealth. There's a whole trend of Rhodes scholars who will be politicians around the world.
Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can't bother about where they're going.
We don't have politicians with dignity and morals. We never have, not since [Nelson] Mandela and [Mahatma ] Gandhi. It's really rare.
I'm not a politician; I'm an artist. So I always feel the need to give the unfiltered truth, (or) what I think is the truth, at least.
Under the right conditions, gay people can become politicians and be in control of their lives in a much broader way through activism.
Politicians are addicted to spending and revenue extraction. As with an addict, there's little pause for moral or legal contemplation.
Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.
One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says.
I believe you [Donald Trump] know politicians better than I do because for 40 years you've been funding liberal Democratic politicians.
American politicians have openly said that the sanctions are aimed at bringing about regime change in Russia. That's aggressive enough.
I should prefer to have a politician who regularly went to a massage parlour than one who promised a laptop computer for every teacher.
Alexander Hamilton originated the put and take system in our national treasury: the taxpayers put it in, and the politicians take it out
What's the difference between a politician and a catfish? One is a wide-mouthed, bottom-feeding, slime sucker - and the other is a fish.
A politician is required to listen to humbug, talk humbug, condone humbug. The most we can hope for is that we don't actually believe it.
Dependency is the highest political good - at least for politicians. Since the 1930s, politicians have striven to leave no vote unbought.
We talk about politicians being in public life, but they seldom appear in the public space where everyone is free to appear as a citizen.
I've always liked politicians and lawyers. They keep the PR professional's status at least two from the bottom of the ethical food chain.
Every one must be familiar with the often expressed opinion, that, as a practical politician, Mr. Mill's career was essentially a failure.
What can a sculptor do without the chisel and the hammer? And what can an impostor politician do without the ignorants and the uneducated?
American Hustle shows the FBI making real-life bribes to Washington politicians. I know, because as your U.S. senator, I turned them down.
Our elected politicians do what they judge is the right thing to do. And if we disagree then I'll show them the evidence of why I disagree.
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.
I am interested in power, too, but power for you, the people, not power for bureaucrats and politicians and officeholders and all the like.
We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of.
A politician should have three hats. One for throwing into the ring, one for talking through, and one for pulling rabbits out of if elected.
[Barack] Obama doesn't disappoint me, because all during the campaign he said, I'm a pragmatic, middle-of-the-road, compromising politician.
World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.