601 Quotes About Politicians

Why do politicians lie?Because people like being lied to.Just look at any political rally.P.S. You're great!

The greatest of all faults in a politician, and in any leader, is the failure to recognize that charisma has nothing to do with ability, excellence, or goodness. In fact, charisma enables far more the evils of the universe than great and worthy accomplishments, Give me pedestrian accomplishments over charisma any day.

Self-government is in inverse ratio to numbers. The larger the constituency, the less the value of any par­ticular vote. When he is merely one of millions, the individual elector feels himself to be impotent, a neg­ligible quantity. The candidates he has voted into office are far away, at the top of the pyramid of power. Theoretically they are the servants of the people; but in fact it is the servants who give orders and the peo­ple, far off at the base of the great pyramid, who must obey.

I am not a member of any political party, APC or PDP. I am a Democrat.

The politicians will reduce effusions with gbeshie-inspired confidence on political platforms if there are no cheering crowds.

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

... By disarming, you at once give offense, since you show your subjects that you distrust them, either as doubting their courage, or as doubting their fidelity, each of which imputations begets hatred against you.

The monkeys, she explained, were considered reincarnated politicians, which made Rue laugh and the stick entirely understandable.

... On the whole, the best fortress you can have, is in not being hated by your subjects. If they hate you no fortress will save you...