Politician Quotes
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After political crusades for 'affordable housing' ended up ruining the housing market and much of the economy with it, many of the same politicians are now carrying on a crusade for 'affordable health care.' But what you can afford has absolutely nothing to do with the cost of producing anything. Refusing to pay those costs means that you are just not going to continue getting the same quantity and quality - regardless of what any politician says or how well he says it.
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When politicians start talking about large groups of their fellow Americans as 'enemies,' it's time for a quiet stir of alertness. Polarizing people is a good way to win an election, and also a good way to wreck a country.
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I care. I care a lot. I think of Cosmopolitan all day, and I run scared. So it's a combination of fright, caring and anxiety.
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I was always a politician from the day the civil rights people chose me as their protest singer.
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I think one of the luxuries of being a filmmaker is that you can ask questions but not necessarily have to answer them. Certainly, if I was a politician I'd need to come up with some answers.
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Most politicians are not authentic.
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Behind every corrupt politician are 10-20 corrupt businessmen.
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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.
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I can remember when a good politician had to be 75 percent ability and 25 percent actor, but I can well see the day when the reverse could be true.
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Politicians who wear little tennis socks with the balls at the back should not be taken seriously.
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Anybody who was a politician at one stage - when they were at the "I'd like to be a train driver" stage of their lives - must also have thought: "I'd like to make the world a better place if possible." So, I think that's why most politicians go into it. They don't want to take over the world and most go into it for good reasons and then, presumably, are beset by endless things stopping them from following their natural inclination to do the right thing.
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The most politically painless way to hand out goodies, without taking responsibility for their costs, is to pass a law saying that somebody else must provide those goodies at their expense, while the politicians take credit for generosity and compassion.
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The public think the politicians don't know or care about their lives; and the politicians feel misunderstood.
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Any politician who can be elected only by turning Americans against other Americans is too dangerous to be elected.
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I have experienced failure as a politician and for that very reason, I am ready to give everything for Japan.
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I can't think of any male politician who magnetizes love and hate - mainly hate - the way Margaret Thatcher did.
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Right after liberal Democrats, the most dangerous politicians are country club Republicans.
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I'm no politician. I'm an historian who has learned through a lifetime of studying that nothing in the world beats universal education.
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But remember, I am no politician, and no seer into souls.
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If you watch the news, you see politicians use human vulnerabilities to get in and earn people's trust.
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I opposed annexing in areas around our city borders, because I knew that if neighborhoods wanted to be a part of the city, well, they would mandate themselves in and invite themselves into a city. That's just one example of even on a local level how dangerous it is for a politician to start thinking they know more than that individual family, that individual business.
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I'm not a politician. And I don't want to be.
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I don't want to help a politician revise the truth.
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There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else.
