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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, Thinks

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, Freedom, Go

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, Speech, Down, Kind, Cut

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Wise, Lead, Unite, Divide, Rule, Cries

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, Time, Children, Doctor

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

Power, Truth, Politics, Hate, Truth Is

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, Fish, Giving, Vote, French Fries

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years. Harry S Truman

Man, Government, Dead, Years, Been, Who

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, Just, One Thing

A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot. William Randolph Hearst

Job, Will, Become, Patriot, Anything

I'm not a politician. I'm not a lawyer. I'm just a country boy. Max Burns

Lawyer, Boy, Country, Country Boy, Just

I had three points I wanted to make: That not everybody in Hollywood is on the left, that Obama has broken a lot of the promises he made when he took office, and that the people should feel free to get rid of any politician who's not doing a good job. But I didn't make up my mind exactly what I was going to say until I said it. Clint Eastwood

Good, Job, Broken, Mind, People, Free

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, Risk

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

Good, Honest, Quite, Burglar

Hip-hop has done so much for racial relations, and I don't think it's given the proper credit. It has changed America immensely. I'm going to make a very bold statement: Hip-hop has done more than any leader, politician, or anyone to improve race relations. Jay-Z

Leader, Think, Credit, America, Bold

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

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 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, Think, You, Down

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, Second

Every politician should have been born an orphan and remain a bachelor. Lady Bird Johnson

Politics, Born, Bachelor, Orphan, Been

I am the people's politician. If the day should ever come when the people can't save me, I'll know I'm finished. Shirley Chisholm

Day, I Am, People, Me, Know, Come

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order. With few notable exceptions, they are simply men who want to be loved. Edward R. Murrow

Respect, Loved, Men, Want, Country, Who

Some people look at movies and think, 'Oh my gosh, that's so amazing.' But to me, I look at a politician or a scientist and think, 'They're creating the content of humanity.' Kate McKinnon

People, Amazing, Me, Think, Humanity

What America needs is not just another politician or more promises. What America needs is a revival. Rand Paul

Promises, America, More, Just, Revival

I am not at all a politician. I don't think I'm cut out for politics. I am certainly not going to stand for election. Pervez Musharraf

Politics, I Am, Stand, Think, Election

The radio stations will happily recycle a badly worded statement by a politician all day but will steer clear of broadcasting more than once or twice a poem by Tomas Transtromer or Rita Dove. Amitava Kumar

Day, Radio, More, Will, Clear, Twice

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