148 quotes found
“On the night of New Years Day, I thought of a wonderful New Years resolution for the men who run the world: get to know the people who only live in it.”
“The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation.”
“He was a consummate politician-- which is to say he was given to expedient speech and lacked even a vestigial spine.”
“Nothing so removes a man from his inner, mysterious, real life, nothing makes him so deaf and dumb as the picture of these petty passions and petty crimes which calls itself the world of politics.”
“Only one thing to it: a strong stomach. The guts to gladhand a man you're going to stab in the back; pledge allegiance to principles you stomp on every day; righteously denounce some despot in the ...”
“Power is okay, and stupidity is usually harmless. Power and stupidity together are dangerous".”
“Don't think I know you," Harold said, grinning, as they shook. He had a firm grip. Larry's hand was pumped up and down exactly three times and let go. It reminded Larry of the time he had shaken ha...”
“One cannot enter a State legislature or a prison for felons without becoming, in some measure, a dubious character.”
“Public justice is the greatest kind of show, my brother. Drama. Suspense. And best of all education en masse.”
“You turn words, you deceive people.”
“A politician is someone who knows everything about running a campaign and nothing about running a country.”
“A good storyteller minces words to entertain or inspire the audience. The politicians and religious leaders do much the same, but for a different purpose - to turn otherwise normal people to nutcases.”
“People always kill Caesar. Don't trust anyone.”
“In this town, white politicians and black ministers seemed to go together like tears and tissues. At election time, the pols got religion and came looking for the blessings of black ministers as a ...”
“Silly,' he said with mock serenity, 'isn't a word you should ever apply to people. They may be totally stupid, in fact, but if you call them silly you've lost their vote.”
“History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.”
“Faith in technocrats over politicians is not a trend from which Britain is exempt.”
“Politicians and low profiles rarely went together.”
“A politician is worse than the arsonist, for he lights the fire and then vows if elected he will supply more fire trucks.”
“What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.”
