(887 quotes found)
“The politicians don't just want your money. They want your soul. They want you to be worn down by taxes until you are dependent and helpless. When you subsidize poverty and failure, you get more of both.”
James Dale Davidson
“I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians”
John Fitzgerald Kennedy
“There is one sure way of telling when politicians aren't telling the truth - their lips move.”
Felicity Kendall
“Politicians need religion even more than a hermit in retreat. If a hermit acts out of bad motivation, he harms no one but himself. But if someone who can directly influence the whole of society acts with bad motivation, then a great number of people will be adversely affected.”
Dalai Lama
“Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.”
Henry Kissinger
“Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.”
William E. Simon
“Politicians never accuse you of 'greed' for wanting other people's money - only for wanting to keep your own money”
Joseph Sobran
“You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.”
Aristophanes
“A lot has been said about politicians; some of it complimentary, but most of it accurate”
Eric Idle
“One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.”
Henry Miller
