601 Quotes About Politicians

People seem to think that if a man is a Member of Parliament he may do what he pleases. ... Being in Parliament used to be something when I was young, but it won't make a make a gentleman now-a-days. It seems to me that none but brewers, and tallow-chandlers, and lawyers go into Parliament now.

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.

You turn words, you deceive people.

On the night of New Year’s Day, I thought of a wonderful New Year’s resolution for the men who run the world: get to know the people who only live in it.

What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.

It is of the essence of any party to gain its orientation not from truths but from illusions which usually correspond to the irrational mass structure. Scientific truths only interfered with the habit of the party politicians of avoiding difficulties with the aid of illusions.

One cannot enter a State legislature or a prison for felons without becoming, in some measure, a dubious character.

If you got good elective officials in your day, it was a happy accident, better than you deserved.