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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
- Giving
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- Nov 07, 2020
If giving money to a politician prejudiced my ability to think and write honestly, I wouldn't do it. Fortunately, it doesn't.
- Growing Up
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.
- CEO
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- Nov 07, 2020
When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.
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- Nov 07, 2020
I ran two campaigns for governor in a state that's 2-1 Democrat where I did not mention my opponent in print, radio, or television. I don't know if any other politician at a gubernatorial, congressional, or a senatorial level can make the claim.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
The power should be in individual democracies in individual communities. It shouldn't be an oligarchy or some small group of elite. Power should be with the people and not with some politician or some heir to the throne or some madman.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.
- Want
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- Nov 07, 2020
You should not want to be a politician because you want to be president. You should be a politician because you want to fix the world or represent a movement.
- I Am
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am not a politician.
- Petty
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- Nov 07, 2020
In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws.
- Angry
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 'The Adjustment Bureau,' Damon shows movie-star concentration as David Norris, a politician whose world ambitions hit a pothole when his angry streak becomes public.
- Failed
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- Nov 07, 2020