- Serious
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- Nov 07, 2020
Politician Quotes
On honesty and skepticism in public life.
This set of politician quotes starts from a plain admission that some spin is simply part of the job, then moves to voices distancing themselves from inherited privilege. For related reflection, see Know quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm afraid I talk a lot, too much, perhaps. I should have been a lawyer or a college professor or a windy politician, though I'm glad I am not any of these.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Well, I couldn't do the day-to-day stuff of being a politician or anything, but I just think everybody should have an opinion and everybody should vote, and that's what we're built on.
- Saying
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have to say that when I was young, when any politician was talking I wasn't even interested. Maybe they were saying some nice stuff, but then if you put Michael Jordan on TV, I was interested!
- Money
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've never wanted to become a politician, an interior decorator, I've never wanted to speculate and make a load of money. I just wanted this.
- Category
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another category.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not a professional politician.
- He Or She
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- Nov 07, 2020
The vast majority of Americans perform sophisticated digital tasks on a daily basis. Grandmas and grandpas e-mail digital photos of their cruise trip and IM their kids in school. So a politician admitting that he or she can't bother to learn those things indicates a horse-and-buggy mentality.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020