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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.

Wherever you turn, there is always something wrong with the politicians. They have everything they need to save the world, and they don't save it.

There are honest journalists like there are honest politicians - they stay bought.

The reason there are so few female politicians is that it is too much trouble to put makeup on two faces.

Most politicians - those people who live, eat and breathe politics - like to sit around and talk about politics and tell political war stories. Reagan didn't do that. His war stories were movie war stories and Hollywood war stories. He loved that.

Don't fall in love with politicians, they're all a disappointment. They can't help it, they just are.

I never wanted to be aligned to a mature group because they go off and become politicians and stuff.

The majority of the members of the Irish parliament are professional politicians, in the sense that otherwise they would not be given jobs minding mice at crossroads.

It's time to replace career politicians with citizen's politicians. It's time to elect people who are going to stand up to the Washington elite and stand up to a White House and Congress hell-bent on ramming socialism down our throat.

We have all, at one time or another, been performers, and many of us still are - politicians, playboys, cardinals and kings.

Washington is a place where politicians don't know which way is up and taxes don't know which way is down.

The fact of the matter is right now politicians and insurance companies are making decisions. We're saying we want doctors to be making decisions. And I think that will lead to a higher-quality, lower-cost system over time.

I know that we shall meet problems along the way, but I'd far rather see for myself what's going on in the world outside, than rely on newspapers, television, politicians and religious leaders to tell me what I should be thinking.

Contrary to what the politicians and religious leaders would like us to believe, the world won't be made safer by creating barriers between people.

Too many terms corrupts politicians so they only want to be reelected.

The problem is that in our country, they make it almost impossible for politicians to win anything. In England it's easier to win a libel suit.

Deficits mean future tax increases, pure and simple. Deficit spending should be viewed as a tax on future generations, and politicians who create deficits should be exposed as tax hikers.

When the federal government spends more each year than it collects in tax revenues, it has three choices: It can raise taxes, print money, or borrow money. While these actions may benefit politicians, all three options are bad for average Americans.

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.

The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed.