“Are you a politician asking what your country can do for you, or a zealous one asking what you can do for your country? If you are the first, then you are a parasite; if the second, then you are an oasis in the desert”
Kahlil Gibran
“Apparently Arnold was inspired by President Bush, who proved you can be a successful politician in this country even if English is your second language.”
Conan O'Brien
“Men say I am a saint losing himself in politics. The fact is that I am a politician trying my hardest to become a saint.”
Mahatma Gandhi
“Ninety eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hardworking, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then, we elected them.”
Lily Tomlin
“What this country needs are more unemployed politicians”
Edward Langley
“America is just the country that shows how all the written guarantees in the world for freedom are no protection against tyranny and oppression of the worst kind. There the politician has come to be looked upon as the very scum of society.”
Peter Kropotkin
“If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.”
Claude Pepper
