If there were such a thing as Chapter 11 for politicians, the Republican push to extend the unaffordable Bush tax cuts would amount to a bankruptcy filing.
I am an Orangeman first and a politician and member of this parliament [Stormont] afterwards.
Politicians are no different than the rest of the public.
Almost all politicians are able to have a great one-on-one meeting. But Im not interested in the candidate who can have a great meeting. Im interested in the person who can make the right decisions.
Celebrity stalkers also are not necessarily fixated on one person as the public thinks. Rather, they tend to switch targets, going from, say, an athlete to an actor to a politician.
The political process consists entirely of politicians talking out of their butts.
What do you call it when someone steals someone else's money secretly? Theft. What do you call it when someone takes someone else's money openly by force? Robbery. What do you call it when a politician takes someone else's money in taxes and gives it to someone who is more likely to vote for him? Social Justice.
America has the best politicians money can buy.
I know I'd be an absolutely horrendous politician.
I'm not a politician; I'm an artist.
Politicians don't create jobs.
Invite politicians to dinner and let them tell the world how delicious it is. . . . They will proudly go around and say, 'I ate crickets, I ate locusts, and they were delicious. '
Some politicians like to kiss babies. I like to kiss the baby's mommas.
There's the occasion when politicians will say things that are simply not true, or that they make commitments that they have no intention of fulfilling. That is something that I think should not happen. That's a no-no. That's a third rail that you shouldn't touch.
I don't pick on politicians. They ain't done nothin'.
Freedom is never more in peril than when politicians feel the pressure to 'do something. '
Education is not something that the government invests in. Because if you invest in education, no politician can come and tell you something that doesn't make sense.
At least the politicians are accountable to the voters.
Like any good shaman, professional baseball player, or politician, my mother always answered questions with questions.
I think [Dalai Lama]is far and away the most solid, deep-thinking, far-sighted politician I've met, and I've been a journalist for 26 years for Time magazine, so I've met a lot of politicians.