Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it. – Donella Meadows
I’ve seen many politicians paralyzed in the legs as myself, but I’ve seen more of them who were paralyzed in the head. – George C. Wallace
U.S. politicians are increasingly recognizing the relevance of the Hispanic vote in U.S. politics. – Enrique Pena Nieto
Language is a weapon of politicians, but language is a weapon in much of human affairs. – Noam Chomsky
I will deal with the politicians in a political way and with the nonpoliticians in a nonpolitical way. – Muqtada al Sadr
If you put up posters around town for high-school kids, high-school kids will come. If you’re casting politicians, you can’t put up posters and have politicians come down. – Gus Van Sant
During the 2008 campaign, I strongly endorsed Barack Obama for president. I did so early, when many Democratic leaders – including many prominent African-American politicians – believed the safe bet was to back then-front-runner Hillary Clinton. – Douglas Wilder
Politicians neither love nor hate. Interest, not sentiment, directs them. – Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield
We have at least learned that the offspring of presidents don’t necessarily make good politicians themselves. – George Packer
I’ve been dealing with politicians all my life. All my life. And I’ve always gotten them to do what I need them to do. – Donald Trump
It is not through any combinations of politicians that the outcome of an electoral campaign is decided. – Dominique de Villepin
We should look back now and then. Our politicians should look back every now and then. – Max von Sydow
It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching. – Douglas Hurd
Too many talented and supremely calculating politicians, including Nixon and Clinton, have destroyed their careers, or come close, by acting in ways that were obviously against their own interests. – George Packer
Politicians differ in their views whether Russia or Islamic State is a bigger menace, and I personally think that Islamic State is the bigger threat. – Milos Zeman
Diplomats make it their business to conceal the facts, and politicians violently denounce the politicians of other countries. – Margaret Sanger
The politicians are all useless individuals. Nobody is reducing the problems in the U.S. or Europe, just putting on a Band-Aid and postponing the problems endlessly. – Marc Faber
I don’t even pretend we can occupy the Lib Dem holier-than-thou, hands-entirely-clean-and-entirely-empty-type stance. No, we are getting our hands dirty, and inevitably and totally understandably we are being accused of being just like any other politicians. – Nick Clegg
Normally, when politicians talk about ‘cutting the budget,’ they really mean reducing the amount of increase. Actual spending goes up while the politicians claim to have ‘cut the budget.’ – Mark McKinnon
