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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
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- Nov 07, 2020
A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
Boris is a naturally energetic and optimistic politician. And when he goes on the campaign trail that just becomes so evident.
- Franklin
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- Nov 07, 2020
Joe Lieberman is my least favorite politician of all time, excluding President Franklin Pierce (he just annoys me - not sure why).
- Should
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- Nov 07, 2020
Do I trust Yasser Arafat? Of course not. Why should I? Why should anyone trust a politician, whether Shimon Peres, Ariel Sharon, Bill Clinton, Richard Nixon, Lyndon Johnson, Benjamin Netanyahu, George W. Bush, or Yasser Arafat?
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
I suppose it's easy to play a hypocritical politician with a smiling face; it's also quite gratifying to play.
- Over
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over the years the political establishment has frowned if a mainstream politician mentions marriage.
- Disaster
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would have been a disaster as a career politician. I would never have toed a party line.
- Greatest
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- Nov 07, 2020
The greatest art of a politician is to render vice serviceable to the cause of virtue.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
My own electorate, which I represented for 36 years as an anti-apartheid politician, had a considerable number of Jewish voters supporting me throughout my career.
- Grow
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a historian. I'm a politician. What is important for us is that the countries of the region and the people grow closer to each other, and that they are able to prevent aggression and injustice.
- Progress
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- Nov 07, 2020
Hillary Clinton's progress as a public figure and politician can, in fact, be indexed perfectly by her relationship to Henry Kissinger.
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- Nov 07, 2020