Politician Quotes

I am an educationist. I'm an economist. I am a politician. I am also now a good storyteller, you know?

Politicians are not born;
they are excreted.

Nigeria is not a nation. It is a mere geographical expression. There are no 'Nigerians' in the same sense as there are 'English,' 'Welsh,' or 'French.' The word 'Nigerian' is merely a distinctive appellation to distinguish those who live within the boundaries of Nigeria and those who do not.

We are not politicians. We made our revolution to get the politicians out.

If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.

Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from men who are aggressive for what is wrong.

I am not a politician... I only suffer the consequences.

All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another

I shall be a good politician. Even if it kills me. Or if it kills anyone else, for that matter.

Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.

Some politician some years ago said that bad officials are elected by good voters who do not vote.

It's not enough for an official to be good. There has to be a system that forces them to be good.

It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged.

Politicians are like bad horsemen who are so preoccupied with staying in the saddle that they can't bother about where they're going.

I remain just one thing, and one thing only - and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.

I don't believe we shall ever again have any form of society in which men will be free. One should not hope for it. One should not hope for anything. Hope is invented by politicians to keep the electorate happy.

It is not defeat that destroys you,it is being demoralized by defeat that destroy you.

You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur.

In business, people are held accountable. In Washington, nobody is held accountable. In business, people are judged on results. In Washington, people are measured by their ability to get reelected.

The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians.

As many languages you know, as many times you are a human being

Political questions are far too serious to be left to the politicians.

When politicians presume to do God's work, they do not become divine but diabolical.

The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed.

Whenever you hear a politician carry on about what a mess the schools are, be aware that you are looking at the culprit.

Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.

Kuan Yew, I can never trust you as a politician.

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.

I am one of a rare breed of true politicians who definitely say what they may or may not mean with absolute certainty.

Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists.

Arabs may have the oil, but we have the matches.

Freedom is never more in peril than when politicians feel the pressure to 'do something.'

The politician's prayer is: May my words be ever soft and low, for I may have to eat them.

If you put your politicians up for sale, as the US does (alone in this among industrialized democracies), then someone will buy them--and it won’t be you; you can’t afford them.

Girls can do anything. We do do anything and we expect to be treated as equals.

Opening our borders to a flood of illegal immigrants is deliberate ... It's time to impeach; and on behalf of American workers and legal immigrants of all backgrounds, we should vehemently oppose any politician on the left or right who would hesitate in voting for articles of impeachment.

The desire to be a politician should bar you for life from ever being one.

The English as a race are not worth saving!

There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else.

There's the occasion when politicians will say things that are simply not true, or that they make commitments that they have no intention of fulfilling. That is something that I think should not happen. That's a no-no. That's a third rail that you shouldn't touch.

I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents.

Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me.

I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved.

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

Is it possible to be anything in this country without being a politician?

A drop of ink may make a million think.

When you give politicians the power to do what you think is right you're automatically giving politicians the power to do what you think is wrong.

I have to say that the judges and our judiciary system makes better decisions than the politicians.

Everything we know about human nature and about government tells us that individuals using their own money will achieve far more good for themselves and far more for others than politicians spending money they didn't have to work to earn.

Tell the politicians and the hustlers: live and let live.