“Whether we and our politicians know it or not, Nature is party to all our deals and decisions, and she has more votes, a longer memory, and a sterner sense of justice than we do”
Wendell Berry
“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
“I'm not really cut out to be a politician. You know that I sometimes don't know when to shut up. That could be a drawback. I'm an atheist. So there you go right there. I can't be elected to anything because polls all say that people won't elect an atheist... As we all know, that is something people won't accept.”
Ron Reagan
“Politicians can do more funny things naturally than I can think of to do purposely”
Will Rogers
“I'm not a politician and my other habits are good.”
Artemus Ward (writer)
“It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.”
William Hazlitt
“The people, not professional politicians, know best.”
Carole Keeton Strayhorn