148 quotes found
“Politics should be a field that attracts statesmen, not future CEO’s and board members.”
“Why do you think politicians send soldiers to the wars they declare, if, of course, they still go to the bother of declaring them. . . . mediation, keeping a distance from the actual events and bei...”
“Politicians are judged by what they say and they don't do”
“People don't have the imagination to understand politicians. People are too innocent”
“Politicians are played by what they say and they don't do”
“He was half a politician, and like most of his kind he was an insecure man.”
“Politicians were famous for double-speak and were consummate liars. That’s why George W. Bush had to be their favorite president. It’s easier to commit a fraud when the actor believes his lie to th...”
“Never give a good politician time to pray.”
“All political lives unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture end in failure.”
“Greater love hath no man than this that he lay down his friends for his political life.”
“Now that all the members of the press are so delighted I lost I'd like to make a statement. As I leave you I want you to know -just think how much you'll be missing. You won't have Nixon to kick ar...”
“I gave 'em a sword. And they stuck it in and they twisted it with relish. And I guess if I had been in their position I'd have done the same.”
“If we are strong our strength will speak for itself. If we are weak words will be no help.”
“I shall never ask never refuse nor ever resign an office.”
“I'm not a member of any organized party I'm a Democrat.”
“A disposition to preserve and an ability to improve taken together would be my standard of a statesman.”
“Whenever a man has cast a longing eye on office a rottenness begins in his conduct.”
“Whin a man gets to be my age he ducks political meetin's an' reads th' papers an' weighs th' ividence an' th' argymints - pro-argymints an' con-argymints an' makes up his mind ca'mly an' votes th' ...”
“He knows nothing he thinks he knows everything - that clearly points to a political career.”
“If I believe in something I will fight for it with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing. Professional liberals want the fiery debate. They glory...”
