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Once elected, the Pope is by virtue of the promise of Jesus to Peter, the Pope is preserved from the possibility of error. God would change any spend thrift politician into a responsible Pope.
Pope FrancisThe most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
Theodore RooseveltA politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.
H. L. MenckenThe mark of a true politician is that he is never at a loss for words because he is always half-expecting to be asked to make a speech.
Richard M. NixonThe old adage about giving a man a fish versus teaching him how to fish has been updated by a reader: Give a man a fish and he will ask for tartar sauce and French fries! Moreover, some politician who wants his vote will declare all these things to be among his ‚basic rights.‘
Thomas SowellI don’t think generally politician come from democratic country. I think not that thinking. But sometimes little bit short-sighted. They are mainly looking for their next vote.
Dalai LamaIf a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
H. L. MenckenWhen a politician uses the word ‚folks,‘ we should brace ourselves for the deceit, or worse, that is coming.
Noam ChomskyNo part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.
Winston ChurchillA politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.
E. E. CummingsA good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
H. L. MenckenI remain just one thing, and one thing only, and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.
Charlie ChaplinYou may be educated abroad, you may be a great scientist, politician, but you always have a sneaking fear that if you don’t go to temples or do the ordinary things that you have been told to do, something evil might happen, so you conform. What happens to the mind that conforms? Investigate it, please.
Jiddu KrishnamurtiIf you’re a politician, you might want to learn the Buddhist way of negotiation. Restoring communication and bringing back reconciliation is clear and concrete in Buddhism.
Thich Nhat HanhIt is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.
Francis BaconA politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who’s been dead for 15 years.
Harry S. TrumanI was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
Socrates