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If you watch the news, you see politicians use human vulnerabilities to get in and earn people's trust.
It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find.
It's very useful when politicians have doubts because there are so many choices to be made in the world.
I was a political reporter for quite some time, so I followed around all sorts of different politicians.
As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.
Politicians aren't special. They lie the same way we all do, revealing their true nature under pressure.
My biggest ambition is to bring together what happens in the real world with what politicians talk about.
Politicians in Italy seem to spend so much time giving interviews, they don't have time to make the laws.
Politicians like to tell people what they want to hear - and what they want to hear is what won't happen.
The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces.
Politicians make decisions in favor of their interest groups or their supporters back in their hometowns.
Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.
An ethical action, like an unethical action, is usually analyzed by politicians purely in pragmatic terms.
Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America.
He's suffering from Politicians' Logic. Something must be done, this is something, therefore we must do it.
We should have high expectations of our children, but politicians should not tell teachers how to meet them.
Sometimes you get politicians who dig their feet into the sand and aren't willing to listen to another voice.
The civilized world needs to think about a decision when single politicians are not allowed to stay in power.
We have at least learned that the offspring of presidents don't necessarily make good politicians themselves.
I feel sorry for many politicians... we expect them to be completely consistent and moralised when we're not.
I am satisfied that all politicians were meant to be journalists and all journalists meant to be politicians.
Businesses - we protect our businesses with the guns, our banks, our money. We protect politicians with guns.
Most politicians, when they meet with a guy like me, or a guy like Carville, tell you about how they can win.
Politics is a game and a profession. It doesn't really serve the people the politicians are supposed to serve.
The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.
I think politicians get hamstrung by the nature of politics when the private sector can really do great things.
Novels can change attitudes. Maybe we should speak quietly otherwise politicians will use novels as propaganda.
Most successful American politicians look well-fed on endorsements, campaign contributions and chicken dinners.
I do not admire politicians; but when they are excellent in their way, one cannot help allowing them their due.
We vote for politicians with lower voices, it's true, because we associate depth with power and with authority.
I don't like politicians, and I don't like politics. I definitely don't want to be associated with any of them.
Justices are not politicians. They don't run on a political platform, and senators should not ask them to do so.
Cats and dogs believe politicians are like cemetery caregivers; they are on top of everyone, but nobody listens.
Politicians will not put forth programs aimed at the problems of poor blacks while their turnout remains so low.
Politicians have an arrogance that I just do not understand. I've seen more constructive debates in high school.
Politicians have limited power. They can't impose morality on themselves. How can they impose it on the country?
If politicians did care about their constituents, they would work harder to seek out people like me. They don't.
The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.
When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.
Professional politicians are busy looking out for their jobs. Send me to Congress so I can look out for your job.
The problem is government spends too much. So raising taxes is what politicians do, instead of reducing spending.
Some politicians that I've seen have been brilliant with the public. They almost speak with the skill of an actor.
American politicians who dwell on American exceptionalism only dishonor us by suggesting we play dumb to our past.
Politicians like to talk about incentives - for businesses to relocate, for example, or to get folks to buy local.
What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again.
One can say all they want about politicians, but politicians to other politicians, their word is almost always good.
It is inexcusable for scientists to torture animals; let them make their experiments on journalists and politicians.
The problem is there is no such thing as a viable democracy made up of experts, zealots, politicians and spectators.
Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.
The last thing we want is politicians running newspapers, but so too we don't want newspapers running the government.