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I'm always rather nervous about how you talk about women who are active in politics, whether they want to be talked about as women or as politicians.

Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers.

There's this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldn't be interested. That includes movie stars and politicians.

In those days, the late 1970s, one of the leading politicians was a soon-to-be uncle by marriage of Arnold Schwarzenegger, named Ted Kennedy.

Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation.

Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

Certainly, it seems true enough that there's a good deal of irony in the world... I mean, if you live in a world full of politicians and advertising, there's obviously a lot of deception.

I've not seen in my lifetime any politician who is a heroic figure. The manipulation that all politicians use on one level or another is so transparent.

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

There are actually very few US politicians who have integrity and vision.

There is no visible sign that the current politicians in the US are willing to see the need for change.

Every two years the American politics industry fills the airwaves with the most virulent, scurrilous, wall-to-wall character assassination of nearly every political practitioner in the country - and then declares itself puzzled that America has lost trust in its politicians.

It does no harm just once in a while to acknowledge that the whole country isn't in flames, that there are people in the country besides politicians, entertainers, and criminals.

I think I should be active politically. Because I look upon myself as a politician. That's not a dirty work you know. Some people think that there are something wrong with politicians. Of course, something wrong with some politicians.

America gets the politicians they deserve. That's it. And you keep struggling.

It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find.

The future is not Big Government. Self-serving politicians. Powerful bureaucrats. This has been tried, tested throughout history. The result has always been disaster. President Obama, your agenda is not new. It's not change, and it's not hope.

Politicians all too often think about the next election. Statesmen think about the next generation.

When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers.