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You never know with politicians what they are really saying. And I don't say that in a negative way-they have an appalling job.

The politicians were talking themselves red, white and blue in the face.

Politicians talk themselves red, white, and blue in the face.

One of the things that you have trouble with politicians, particularly in Washington, is when you get mad at them and you can't touch them; you can't punch them; you can't yell at them.

Politicians... talk in generalities and lies, and I think they've caused all our grief. They're so awful, they're really funny. I hate thinking this because my dad loved politics.

If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians.

Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.

There is a whole school of Canadian academics, media personalities, and politicians whose definition of a Canadian is a North American who fears or dislikes the United States.

Politicians are no different than the rest of the public.

Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists.

The commercial broadcasters have tremendous influence in Washington, D.C., for a couple of reasons. First, they're extremely rich and they have lots of money and they have had for a long time, so they can give money to politicians, which gets their attention.

We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of the Supreme Court not being subject to politicians.

Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.

When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.

I'm your average Joe guy. I don't really care for politicians.

When a new source of taxation is found it never means, in practice, that the old source is abandoned. It merely means that the politicians have two ways of milking the taxpayer where they had one before.

Politicians have to be committed to people in equal measures.

As politicians we have to react to the fact that many people do not feel that they can relate to the EU.

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.

What politicians want to create is irreversible change because when you leave office someone changes it back again.