In a republic, that paradise of debility, the politician is a petty tyrant who obeys the laws.
The president we have today is a typical Washington politician that's prone to hyperbole and decisiveness and false outrage. And I think it's very sad - very sad to watch.
I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.
If a statesman is one who looks to the next generation and a politician one who looks to the next election, a political consultant must be one who looks to the next tracking poll.
I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent.
I am not a politician, and my other habits air good.
When I was growing up in the United States and Sweden, I never thought about becoming a politician.
There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends.
There's nothing in my background that would have said I was destined to be a senior politician.
There is nothing worse than a politician that gets defensive and starts attacking the media - and it always looks bad for the politician, because you sign up for this. You live by the sword, you die by the sword.
I've worked as a diplomat before I became a politician.
I have never wanted to be a politician, and I never had the desire until recently.
If you were to ask any children of any politician, when you've been part of a political life, you are not on the sidelines. There is no such thing as a member of a political family who is only a spectator. You see the wheeling and the dealing. That doesn't intimidate me. I'll do a little of that myself, on behalf of my constituents.
I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides.
Hillary Clinton's progress as a public figure and politician can, in fact, be indexed perfectly by her relationship to Henry Kissinger.
As a politician who cherishes religious conviction in his personal sphere, but regards politics as a domain belonging outside religion, I believe that this view is seriously flawed.
A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.
Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both.
It has become commonplace to call Trump a reality TV star. That is said as an aspersion, the way Ronald Reagan was called an actor. But Reagan's acting experience, his ability to talk to the camera and not yell to the hall, is what helped make him such a good politician. It is the same with Trump.
I've entered politics the moment I marked my finger with the electoral voting mark. So I've entered politics, but I am not a politician. I am doing my duty as a citizen of India.
Taking care of people is the duty of every politician.
Crafty politician that he is, Obama was smart enough to set low enough standards for his administration to claim 'victory' by the summer of 2011 or so.
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.
Sometimes it's a little bit like being a politician. We have work to do in understanding our users' sentiments.
Several things about Reagan are unusual in a public man. He was not a typical politician at all, but a private man in public life.
I'll see Naomi Wolf on television periodically, I have nothing against her and what she says, but I'll feel that she's a politician, like she's got an agenda to get across and that she doesn't always say what's really true or exactly what she feels.
I'm not a minister, I'm not a philosopher, I'm not a politician, I'm in another category.
Any politician in a democracy has to be mindful of public opinion.
I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.
As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.
I am not a politician.
Seldom has a politician left public office with more self-generated fanfare than Sen. William S. Cohen.
I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician.
I'm a member of the Academy, but I don't know who all the other Academy members are. It's not like a politician who knows who is in the Iowa caucus.
A woman must combine the role of mother, wife and politician.
A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it.