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Politicians are the same everywhere. They promise to build bridges even where are no rivers.

Quote by Nikita Khrushchev about politics, promise

Politicians also have no leisure, because they are always aiming at something beyond political life itself, power and glory, or happiness.

Quote by Aristotel about politics, glory, happiness, power, life

I'm often amazed at the way politicians -who spend hours pouring over opinion poll results in a desperate attempt to discover what the public thinks -are certain they know precisly what God's views are on everything

Quote by Simon Hoggart about politics, opinion, public, god

A politician is a stateman who approaches every question with an open mouth.

Quote by Adlai Stevenson about politics, question

I'm not a politician. I just would like to see us lead the war, this country, this world, in a better way than just killing those people.

Quote by F. Murray Abraham about country, war, world, people

The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.

Quote by Franklin P. Adams about experience, country, time, people

A group of politicians deciding to dump a President because his morals are bad is like the Mafia getting together to bump off the Godfather for not going to church on Sunday.

Quote by Russell Baker about bad luck, bad

Characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

Quote by Aristophanes about politics, vulgarity, voice, bad luck, bad

Under every stone lurks a politician.

Quote by Aristophanes about politics

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

Quote by Winston Churchill about ability

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.

Quote by Winston Churchill about painting, politics, writing, war

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops recently formed a task force to struggle with how to deal with pro-choice Catholic politicians.

Quote by Maggie Gallagher about fight, force, police

My definition of a redundancy is an air-bag in a politician's car.

Quote by Larry Hagman about air

The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.

Quote by Billy Joel about rocks, americans, country, world

Every revolution has its wastage sounds the wisdom of politicians.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about revolution, wisdom

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.

Quote by Flann O'Brien about politics, common sense, sense

Can this phenomenon be put down to the collective subconscious, or to the practical cleverness of populist politicians.

Quote by Orhan Pamuk about politics

Too many terms corrupts politicians so they only want to be reelected.

Quote by Alice Paul about politics

Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers.

Quote by Ron Paul about future

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

Quote by Charles de Gaulle about politics