Politician Quotes - Page 28

I am proudly not a politician, because I am not behold to any special interest.

If Albert Einstein was right, Cal Ripken should have been a CEO or politician rather than a shortstop, because Ripken led by example over and over... and over again.

[Donald] Trump is still Trump, and that means he says things that politicians just don't say.

It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided.

Any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something.

Remember, success for a politician is 50% plus one. You don't have to have everybody on board.

Forgiveness is not generally something that you find as a coin to be used by politicians.

Ever since economists revealed how much universities contribute to economic growth, politicians have paid close attention to higher education.

Politicians have responsibility to act if the public opinion changes.

If there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing.

Ive worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.

If I was a politician right now I would change just about everything.

Politicians like to talk about the income tax when they talk about overtaxing the rich, but the income tax is just one part of the total tax system. There are sales taxes, Medicare taxes, social security taxes, unemployment taxes, gasoline taxes, excise taxes - and when you add up all of those taxes [many of which are quite regressive], and then you look at how they affect the rich and the poor, you essentially end up with a system in which the best off 20 percent of Americans pay one percentage point more of their income than the worst off 20 percent of Americans.

Politicians generally do the right thing only when all other options are exhausted.

In the end, I think part of my problem was that I was a better legislator than I was a politician.

When you define the audience, the performer becomes what the audience wants. Politicians do that all the time.

I'm Dan Gelber. As a federal prosecutor, I helped put away corporate criminals, corrupt politicians and violent gangs.

Under the right conditions, gay people can become politicians and be in control of their lives in a much broader way through activism.

There's a suspicion always about politicians. The suspicion level is really elevated and it just feels like people do not trust their institutions.

I'm an actor I'm not a politician. I always kick myself when I talk too much about family, or personal things.

I'm glad I'm not a politician.

It was fascinating what a total interest he [John F. Kennedy] had in his tradecraft of being a politician. I didn't realize before that he was working on his memoirs all along, how he ran for Congress, that sort of thing.

I think, any politician, you have to hold them to their word. And conservatives run on fiscal conservatism. .

Experience to a politician is like experience to a prostitute - not much to recommend them.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.