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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, Election, Next, Statesman

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

Work, Dreams, Children, Time, Moon, Help

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

Me, Police, Law, Police Officer, Clear

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

Good, Politics, People, Down, Think, You

The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice. Theodore Roosevelt

People, Thinking, Voice, Loudest, Most

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, Way, Honest, Running, Would

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

Communication, Good, Growth, Best, Time

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 Stevenson I

Tree, Hypocrite, Down, Speech, Kind, Cut

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

Live, Man, Honest, Too, Really

I'm elected. I don't report to any politician. I report to the people. If I had to report to any politician, I'd quit tomorrow. I'm not tall, dark and handsome. They don't vote for me because I look like a movie star. I can't get that vote. People keep voting for me because they like what I do. Joe Arpaio

Voting, People, Me, Tomorrow, Look, Dark

If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner. H. L. Mencken

Dinner, Found, Promise, He, Would, Had

The old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his 'basic rights.' Thomas Sowell

Man, Giving, Fish, Vote, Will, Old

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

Life, Finance, Special, Fair, Elections

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. Doug Larson

Change, Giving, Politics, City, Better

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

Desert, You, Country, First, Asking

A Supreme Court justice needs to understand that he is not a politician. He needs to understand that the judiciary is a passive branch of government. His decisions should not proactively seek to set policy. Thomas Rex Lee

Justice, Government, Decisions, Policy

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

Me, Clown, Places, Only, Far, One Thing

A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man. - e. e. cummings

A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man. e. e. cummings

Man, Everyone, Sat, Which, Arse, Except

Politicians love power. I love freedom. That is why I am not a politician. Victor Pinchuk

Love, Freedom, Power, I Am, Why, Am

A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar. H. L. Mencken

Good, Honest, Burglar, Unthinkable

Hillary Clinton is a corrupt career politician who has recklessly handled classified information in an attempt to avoid accountability and put American lives at risk, including those of my former colleagues. She fails the basic tests of judgment and ethics any candidate for president must meet. Evan McMullin

Ethics, Colleagues, Accountability, She

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

Man, Government, Society, Political

I won't eat anything that has intelligent life, but I'd gladly eat a network executive or a politician. Marty Feldman

Life, Intelligent, Eat, Anything, Gladly

The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them. Austin O'Malley

Sheep, Statesman, Them, Skins

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

Time, Day, People, Believe, Speak, Start

Under every stone lurks a politician. - Aristophanes

Under every stone lurks a politician. Aristophanes

Politics, Stone, Every, Lurks

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