It's not something that defines me. I'm not a half-Indian politician or a doctor politician or a gay politician for that matter... it is part of my character, I suppose.
A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.
Donald Trump is succeeding right now for sure. He is a gifted politician. But, he is just a gifted politician. He`s just a gifted politician that is appealing to people`s anger and frustration that is quite legitimate.
Our relationship with Israel is another reason we're being attacked. But an American politician - whether Muslim or not - who criticizes Israel as a martyrdom operation in American politics cannot survive as an official or as a politician.
A politician thinks of the next election; a statement of the next generation. A politician looks for the success of his party; a statesman for that of his country. The statesman wishes to steer, while the politician is satisfied to drift.
Hillary Clinton has made a lot of dough out of being a politician. I gave up dough to be a politician. I'm sure that Ronald Reagan gave up dough to be a politician.
A politician weakly and amiably in the right, is no match for a politician tenaciously and pugnaciously in the wrong.
Every politician, in order to be a politician, has to be adept at the art of one and one thing only, and that is lying.
The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.
A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
What was I qualified to do to make a living? Nothing. You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.
My father was a politician, and a very important politician, and one of the leaders of the Iraqi Democratic Party, who believed in progress.
For politicians truth and falsehood are unimportant. So I never could become a politician - not even a church politician.
One of the most fascinating aspects of politician-watching is trying to determine to what extent any politician believes what he says.
I'm very glad I'm not a politician. I think it's one step away from the gates of hell, being a politician. I really do. It`s a nightmare.
I'm a politician, and as a politician I have the prerogative to lie whenever I want.