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The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.

Rodney Dangerfield

The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. - Rodney Dangerfield

The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. Rodney Dangerfield

Funny, Luck, Running

Let me be clear - no one is above the law. Not a politician, not a priest, not a criminal, not a police officer. We are all accountable for our actions. Antonio Villaraigosa

Law, Officer, Accountable

We've seen over time that countries that have the best economic growth are those that have good governance, and good governance comes from freedom of communication. It comes from ending corruption. It comes from a populace that can go online and say, 'This politician is corrupt, this administrator, or this public official is corrupt.' Ramez Naam

Good Governance, Populace

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live. - Socrates

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live. Socrates

Man, Honest, Too

I think people involved in politics make good actors. Acting and politics both involve fooling people. People like being fooled by actors. When you get right down to it, they probably like being fooled by politicians even more. A skillful actor will make you think, but a skillful politician will make you never have to think. Donna Brazile

Politics, I Think, Fooling

A hypocrite is the kind of politician who would cut down a redwood tree, then mount the stump and make a speech for conservation. Adlai E. Stevenson

Kind, Cut, Redwood

A doctor can only treat patients. A doctor can only help the people who are shot or who are injured. But a politician can stop people from injuries. A politician can take a step so that no person is scared tomorrow. Malala Yousafzai

Treat, Injuries, Patients

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation. - James Freeman Clarke

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation. James Freeman Clarke

Generation, Next, Statesman

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are. Cal Thomas

Politics, Election, Reasons

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen. Winston Churchill

Next, Needs, Explain

Political tyranny is nothing compared to the social tyranny and a reformer who defies society is a more courageous man than a politician who defies Government. B. R. Ambedkar

Tyranny, More, Social

It's when children are 15, 16 or 17 that they decide whether they want to be a doctor, an engineer, a politician or go to the Mars or moon. That is the time they start having a dream, and that's the time you can work on them. You can help them shape their dreams. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

Children, Dreams, Decide

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. Khalil Gibran

Country, Asking, Oasis

I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest. Rodney Dangerfield

Luck, Running, Would

Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but with the system, and that system is Richard Nixon. Pat Paulsen

Individual, Nixon, Richard

The one word that no politician will ever speak, is 'enough.' Enough. Carl Hiaasen

One Word, Will, Ever

I have learned that being a politician is not an easy job. My father was trying to make progress in the peace treaty with the Soviet Union. At that time, he was suffering from last-stage cancer, but he visited Moscow in the bitter cold. I learned from my father that you may have to risk your own life to make such a historic accomplishment. Shinzo Abe

Suffering, Own, Soviet Union

I believe that summer is our time, a time for the people, and that no politician should be allowed to speak to us during the summer. They can start talking again after Labor Day. Lewis Black

Start, Again, Allowed

When I think of the person that I thought was Bill Clinton, I think he had genuine remorse. When I think of the person that I now see is 100 percent politician, I think he's sorry he got caught. Monica Lewinsky

Think, Caught, I Think

To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections. Peter Schuyler

Parcel, Special Interest

You may be educated abroad, you may be a great scientist, politician, but you always have a sneaking fear that if you don't go to temples or do the ordinary things that you have been told to do, something evil might happen, so you conform. What happens to the mind that conforms? Investigate it, please. Jiddu Krishnamurti

Been, Scientist, Investigate

I remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician. Charlie Chaplin

Remain, Plane, Higher Plane

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word. Charles de Gaulle

Politics, Never, His

I am a huge admirer of Franklin Roosevelt's, and I believe social security has done untold good in alleviating the once-widespread issue of poverty among the elderly. FDR believed in the greatness and generosity of Americans - but he was also a cold-blooded politician. Jon Meacham

Good, Believe, Elderly

I am a sportsman and not a politician. I am a sportsman and will always remain one. I am not going to enter politics giving up cricket, which is my life. I will continue to play cricket. Sachin Tendulkar

Play, Always, Which

The politician's promises of yesterday are the taxes of today. Mackenzie King

Today, Yesterday, Taxes

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