601 Quotes About Politicians

POLITICIAN, n. An eel in the fundamental mud upon which the superstructure of organized society is reared. When he wriggles he mistakes the agitation of his tail for the trembling of an edifice. As compared with the statesman, he suffers the disadvantage of being alive.

A leader must, not should, but must, act as a liberated human being, a being beyond labels in order to bring real harmonious progress in a nation.

Politicians who talk about purity usually end up deciding who is pure and who is not.

Government should start hiring people who are willing to feed the nation rather than people who want to feed their stomach.

(Mackenzie) King, something of an innocent abroad, proved much slower to bite on the bullet of disillusion.

Take the civil service out of government and the country will collapse, take politics out of government and the country will flourish.

The problem with the world today is that there are too many assholes and not enough saints.

Politicians are so used to breaking promises that they even break promises they never made. ~Nkwachukwu Ogbuagu

But when faced with a would-be authoritarian, establishment politicians must unambiguously reject him or her and do everything possible to defend democratic institutions—even if that means temporarily joining forces with bitter rivals.