Top 1200 Crooked Politicians Quotes & Sayings - Page 14

All politicians will say they celebrate the NHS, but to a greater or lesser extent, they've all undermined it.

Triumphs against the natural order of living exact unforeseen payments. At the same time that man attempts to straighten a crooked nature, he is striving to annihilate space, which seems but another phase of the war against substance. We ignore the fact that space and matter are shock absorbers; the more we diminish them the more we reduce our privacy and security.

There's some politicians who still seriously believe that we haven't got global warming.

God and the politicians willing, the United States can declare peace upon the world, and win it.

If a man does not tell everything to his spiritual father, then his path is crooked and does not lead to the Kingdom of Heaven. But the path of one who tells everything leads directly to the Kingdom of Heaven.

All politicians have vanity. Some wear it more gently than others.

Politicians are like weather vanes. Our job is to make the wind blow.

Our politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.

Politicians who do not use the Bible to guide their public and private lives do not belong in office.

I think people are tired of politicians trying to poke each other in the eye.

Politicians aren't special. They lie the same way we all do, revealing their true nature under pressure.

A monetary order created and managed by politicians and officials is bound to disappoint.

All the politicians in Uganda play to their fundamentalist benefactors in America because of the flow of money.

People in Indiana like to see their politicians at the county fair or the Rotary Club.

Why do our politicians put warnings on cigarette packs and not on their own foreheads?

If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified land claims, violent acquisition of water and mineral rights, the extermination of indigenous peoples, sales of shoddy and unsafe goods, public funds used for private speculations, crooked deals in government bonds and vouchers, and payoffs for political favors.

That's what I'm about -- getting engaged. Too many people don't wade in the mud with the politicians.

Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both.

Politicians often misuse science for political ends and to pursue their own agenda.

I don't understand these politicians who want to be president and complain when they get a tough interview.

Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them.

Dealing with politicians, that's a little different. But government doesn't change until people demand it.

Establishment, career politicians are about saying one thing and doing another.

If all politicians fished instead of spoke publicly, we would be at peace with the world.

I've always said that musicians are the comics of my generations and comedians are the politicians of my generation.

I do think if all politicians were women, the world would be a better place.

Politicians used to be leaders. Now they follow voters, desperate for a tick in a box.

Politicians come in three varieties: straight men, fixers, and maddies.

I think politicians just need to get out in the real world.

Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race.

...the best figurative poetry speaks not to the frivolous intellect, but (if anything does) straight to the heart; and does it better than plain prose. There seems then to be something which is better said with metaphor than without, which goes straighter to its mark by going crooked, and hits its aim exactly by flying off at tangents.

What is history but the story of how politicians have squandered the blood and treasure of the human race?

Like environmentalists, politicians generally privilege flora and fauna over folks.

People have a huge desire to be listened to, for politicians to take the time to understand their problems.

I have no illusions about our elected politicians. Pakistani democracy is anything but perfect.

These days many politicians are demanding change. Just like homeless people.

Politicians never fade away; they just keep carrying on, you know, their class.

I wanted to touch on the piece where often politicians use "god" to excuse their actions.

I don't think politicians should be allowed to take money for their campaigns from outside interests.

A house divided cannot stand for long. That goes for politicians and the rest of us.

Politics for me is when I feel a personal engagement between people: I don't trust politicians.

I admire personalities. Some politicians who are only great mice are just persons.

I'm interested in full disclosure for people who give money to politicians. But I'm not a politician. I'm an advocate.

I think the truth is always interesting, but with politicians, you don't get to see much of that.

Concerned we're in a time where politicians can't even fake sincerity. Aren't they supposed to be good at that?

I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.

I married a politician. But I thought it would be tough for my children to have two parents as politicians.

The only people I know getting in high places by running their mouth are politicians.

It seems to me that politicians ought to use the same words as other people.

Politicians cannot create jobs or wealth. Such is axiomatic to straight thinkers.

British politicians used to be good at misleading people without actually lying.

These guys from the nation's capital - now they do a lot of thinking. Referring to boxers from D.C., not politicians.

Once your name becomes well known, politicians come courting.

People are fed up of career politicians that keep changing like chameleons.

Let the politicians debate equal pay and pursue the folly of a war on women in America.

Texas was defined by its larger-than-life characters, particularly politicians.

Any debate among politicians about monetary policy is counterproductive.

Freedom is never more in peril than when politicians feel the pressure to 'do something.'

The needle rocked awkwardly and at the end of her beginning rows, Isabel held up her work to show Esperanza. "Mine is all crooked!" Esperanza smiled and reached over and gently pulled the yarn, unraveling the uneven stitches. Then she looked into Isabel's trusting eyes and said, "Do not ever be afraid to start over.

I've gotten to believe it's more fun to play politicians than actually be them.