Marcus Tullius Cicero
Politician, Philosopher, Orator
"Politicians are not born; they are excreted."
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Fidel Castro
Politician, Revolutionary
"We are not politicians. We made our revolution to get the politicians out."
Leon Trotsky
Revolutionary, Politician
"If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement."
George Carlin
Comedian, Actor
"All the media and the politicians ever talk about is things that separate us, things that make us different from one another"
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Military Leader, Politician
"Some politician some years ago said that bad officials are elected by good voters who do not vote."
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"It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged."
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"I remain just one thing, and one thing only - and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician."
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"You politicians remain professional because the voters remain amateur."
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"The wisdom of hindsight, so useful to historians and indeed to authors of memoirs, is sadly denied to practicing politicians."
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"Political questions are far too serious to be left to the politicians."
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"The only legitimate right to govern is an express grant of power from the governed."
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"Preventing war is the work of politicians, establishing peace is the work of educationists."
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"If you put your politicians up for sale, as the US does (alone in this among industrialized democracies), then someone will buy them--and it won’t be you; you can’t afford them."
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"Opening our borders to a flood of illegal immigrants is deliberate ... It's time to impeach; and on behalf of American workers and legal immigrants of all backgrounds, we should vehemently oppose any politician on the left or right who would hesitate in voting for articles of impeachment."
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"I have always felt that a politician is to be judged by the animosities he excites among his opponents."
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"Everything is political. I will never be a politician or even think political. Me just deal with life and nature. That is the greatest thing to me."
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"I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved."
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"A drop of ink may make a million think."
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"I have to say that the judges and our judiciary system makes better decisions than the politicians."
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"Tell the politicians and the hustlers: live and let live."
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"Why don't I drink from a straw? Because straws are for suckers."
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"The arts can do more to sustain the peace than all the wars, the armaments, and the threats and warnings of politicians."
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"I am not a consensus politician. Im a conviction politician."
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"It is not the business of politicians to please everyone."
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"We should make the poor uncomfortable and kick them out of poverty."
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