The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.
The only people who say worse things about politicians that reporters do are other politicians.
Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.
A politician wouldn't dream of being allowed to call a columnist the things a columnist is allowed to call a politician.
It's a necessary quality of a diplomat or a politician that he will compromise. Uncompromising politicians or diplomats get you into the most terrible trouble.
There are politicians who seethe with ambition all the time, and there are a lot of other politicians who don't. I'm in the second category, that's all.
If a man’s a constant hand-shaker, he must be a politician or a crook—or both, if he is a politician.
Be honest. Be honest with yourself, be honest with, you know, your fellow politicians. This is a rare quality of politicians.
You know I don't really have faith in politicians - this is quite a sleazy business. But there is no law which says that all politicians will turn out to be scumbags.
What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.
I think politicians know how to misrepresent data in order to support a political agenda. Politicians and the people that work for them - I should say - are expert at that.
I look forward to the day when there are more women politicians accepted in their own right and not as 'women politicians.'
I am satisfied that all politicians were meant to be journalists and all journalists meant to be politicians.
What is obnoxious about the motives of politicians - whatever those motives may be - is that politicians must announce their motives as visionary and grand.
The unique thing about our country is that we don't get behind politicians, politicians get behind us.
I'm not a career politician. I spent 30 years in business. I can tell you that people in California have had it with career politicians: they are done.
Numerous politicians have seized absolute power and muzzled the press. Never in history has the press seized absolute power and muzzled the politicians.
The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation.
You know, there's a difference between politicians and leaders. Politicians read poll numbers and compromise. Leaders do what's morally right.
Bureaucrats and Politicians are different people, work of Bureaucrats makes us hate Politicians.
