Politicians have such large egos that it usually takes them an inordinately long time to grasp when they've become a pathetic joke.

This whole controversy about global warming or even evolution - politicians just don't want to take the time to educate themselves.

Politicians are good at saying how Government must do more, but we must also think carefully about where Government should do less.

In Illinois, where legislators are paid $45,000, plus as much as $10,000 for leadership work, about half are full-time politicians.

Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.

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

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.

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.

As long as it is supported by Democratic politicians and by liberal Hollywood players, censorship is a useful tool to stifle dissent.

People want to see politicians who are not afraid to speak the truth. They want them to be honest, no matter how uncomfortable it is.

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.

We all know that looks matter, and modern politicians have always assumed that their battles are decided on both substance and image.

A lot of politicians, not surprisingly, hire consultants to help them with their nonverbals, presence, generally how they come across.

Democracy allows rhetoric, false empathy and emotion to pummel rational thinking - so it's no wonder so many politicians thrive in it.

The politicians in this world... have at their command weapons of mass destruction far more complex than their own thinking processes.

Politicians are addicted to spending and revenue extraction. As with an addict, there's little pause for moral or legal contemplation.

I'm one of these people who tends to think that the ordinary people are more fascinating than the celebrities and even the politicians.

I'm not a politician. I don't want to be a politician, because politicians do what is politically expedient. I want to do what's right.

Society and the system and politicians don't want people to be aware of things. They want people to believe what they have to show 'em.

If bad and inexperienced politicians control power in Nigeria, my wealth may turn into poverty, and I am not ready to become a poor man.

Protectionist politicians cannot stand the notion of a fossil-fuel-rich America maintaining record levels of production through exports.

We all experience power struggles in our lives - at the workplace, with our friends, in our love lives. In a way, we're all politicians.

For too long, some lazy politicians have engaged leaders of Muslim communities as a shortcut to engaging disenfranchised Muslim citizens.

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 personally agree with the rights of homosexuals. But the Protestant churches are very powerful in Korea. It isn't easy for politicians.

If we are now holding late-night talk-show hosts to the same moral accountability as we hold politicians or clergymen, I'm out. I'm gone.

Nothing compares to being in a room full of politicians screaming abuse at each other all night. It's hilarious but also a bit terrifying.

Politicians are terrified of losing touch with folks back home but content to be clueless about government's failure to fix real problems.

As a young man, Dickens worked as a reporter in the House of Commons and hated it. He felt that all politicians spoke with the same voice.

As capitalism falters, the rich move their money out of the country, violence increases, and politicians promising prosperity are elected.

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

Pressure and protest is fine, but using fear and threats to force politicians to sing to a certain tune will be the death of our democracy.

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.

We know Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin as politicians, but they felt that science was something everyone should have a knowledge of.

Even today with the public's growing interest in food and diet issues, politicians rarely include food as part of their political platforms.

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.

The politicians in Washington are spending trillions of dollars of our money. When are Americans going to stand up and say enough is enough?

The real truth is, I just want to keep the voice of dissent alive in all of our elections. I don't really want to hang out with politicians.

A lot of folks feel like my brother and me or other politicians chart out their careers from Day 1 until the end. I've never been like that.

Media outlets that are exploiting Ebola because they want a sensational story and politicians using it to their own ends ought to be ashamed.

The question for politicians here is fundamental: You can read the polls, or you can change the polls. Stand up on the things you believe in.

Politicians will talk strategy and tactics and policies and programs until they're blue in the face, or you strangle them and they turn blue.

It's wherever business rules, business is going to get the politicians they want because they control the money and money controls the power.

Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.

The Women of the Storm made a big difference for me, because it really put some real-life faces with the situation, and not just politicians.

In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy.

I'm not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I'm not into that. You do your job, and I'll do mine.

You know, there's a difference between politicians and leaders. Politicians read poll numbers and compromise. Leaders do what's morally right.

American democracy is spoiled by people buying everything in sight and then selling and buying everything in sight, including our politicians.

Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.

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