#politician

It’s not true I think all politicians are morons. Morons are far too intelligent to be politicians.
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— Jarod Kintz

#moron #politicians #politics #intelligence

A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation. ↗

— James Freeman Clarke

#generation #next #next election #politician #statesman

Live Like a Raj Thakare and Die Like a Balasaheb Thakare. ↗

— Sagar Ugale

#life #politicians #politics #life

Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#liars #manipulation #men-and-women #narcissism #narcissists

[Y]ou possess all the attributes of a demagogue; a screeching, horrible voice, a perverse, crossgrained nature and the language of the market-place. In you all is united which is needful for governing. ↗

— Aristophanes

#attributes #barter #character #demagoguery #government

The difference between a politician and a statesman is that a politician thinks about the next election while the statesman think about the next generation ↗

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

#politics #statesmen #elections

I once watched several criminals engage in an organized argument, while an audience of supporters cheered them on, but I was so disgusted that I had to turn off the political debate. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#cheer #criminals #debate #disgust #fans

The only problem with politicians taking two week vacations every year is it’s about 50 weeks too short.
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— Jarod Kintz

#problem #vacation #politicians

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 ↗

— Charles Chaplin

#self-image #politicians

The short memories of the American voters is what keeps our politicians in office. ↗

— Will Rogers

#politicians