Politician Quotes - Page 16

• The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Success, Thinking, Voice

  Theodore Roosevelt (2015). “Theodore Roosevelt on Bravery: Lessons from the Most Courageous Leader of the Twentieth Century”, p.36, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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  Few businessmen are capable of being in politics, they don't understand the democratic process, they have neither the tolerance or the depth it takes. Democracy isn't a business.

  Malcolm Forbes

  Business, Tolerance, Democracy

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• They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Inspirational, Happiness, Peace

  Benjamin Franklin, William-Temple Franklin (1818). “Memoirs of the Life and Writings of (the Same), Continued to the Time of His Death by William Temple Franklin. - London, H. Colburn 1818”, p.270

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• My respect for human beings is based not on the colour of a man’s skin nor authority he may wield, but purely on merit.

  Nelson Mandela

  Respect, Men, Color

  Nelson Mandela (2011). “Nelson Mandela By Himself: The Authorised Book of Quotations”, p.139, Pan Macmillan

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• Politicians and diapers must be changed often, and for the same reason.

  Mark Twain

  Funny, Change, Politics

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• I'm not a politician by profession. I am a citizen who decided I had to be personally involved.

  Ronald Reagan

  Citizens, Profession, Involved

  Ronald Reagan (1983). “A Time for Choosing: The Speeches of Ronald Reagan, 1961-1982”, Gateway Books

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• When I don't make a decision, it's not that I don't think about it. I think about it and make a decision not to make a decision.

  P. V. Narasimha Rao

  Powerful, Thinking, Choices

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• Most men die at 25, we just don't bury them until they are 70.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Men, People, Deep Thought

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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.

  Bob Marley

  Thinking, Political, Deals

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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  The ballot is stronger than the bullet.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Freedom, Democracies Have, Presidential

  Speech, 19 May 1856

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• It's always the small people who change things. It's never the politicians or the big guys. I mean, who pulled down the Berlin wall? It was all the people in the streets. The specialists didn't have a clue the day before.

  Luc Besson

  Wall, Mean, People

  Interview with Richard Jobson, www.theguardian.com. March 23, 2000.

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• Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

  George Orwell

  Witty, Peace, Truth

  "Politics and the English Language" (1946)

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• More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.

  Barbara Jordan

  Inspirational, Future, Government

  1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address, delivered 12 July 1976, New York, NY

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• Don’t read success stories, you will only get a message. Read failure stories, you will get some ideas to get success.

  Abdul Kalam

  Inspirational, Success, Failure

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• That government is best which governs least.

  Henry David Thoreau

  Freedom, Democracies Have, Government

  Civil Disobedience (1849) See Ralph Waldo Emerson 29; O'Sullivan 1; Shipley 1

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• We have federal regulations and state laws that prohibit hunting ducks with more than three rounds. And yet it's legal to hunt humans with 15-round, 30-round, even 150-round magazines.

  Dianne Feinstein

  Funny, Humorous, Gun

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• While I was the mayor of Bogotá, I received occasional death threats. Therefore, I had to use a bullet-proof vest. I made a hole right where my heart is. The hole was in the shape of a heart. I believe this kind of gesture, gave me indeed more protection.

  Antanas Mockus

  Believe, Heart, Use

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  Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Inspirational, Leadership, Wisdom

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• Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

  Margaret Thatcher

  Inspirational, Motivational, Success

  "Why democracy will last". Margaret Thatcher's second Carlton Lecture at the Carlton Club in central London, www.margaretthatcher.org. November 26, 1984.

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• Why don't I drink from a straw? Because straws are for suckers.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Drinking, President, Sucker

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• He was the only man I ever knew who could get money from the rich and votes from the poor with the promise to protect them from each other.

  Tommy Douglas

  Men, Political, Promise

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  We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.

  Ann Richards

  Leadership, Truth, America

  Ann Richards' Address at the Democratic National Convention in Texas, www.nytimes.com. July 19, 1988.

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• As long as poverty, injustice and gross inequality persist in our world, none of us can truly rest.

  Nelson Mandela

  Compassion, Our World, Long

  Nelson Mandela's speech in London's Trafalgar Square for the campaign to end poverty in the developing world, news.bbc.co.uk. February 3, 2005.

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• An honest public servant can't become rich in politics. He can only attain greatness and satisfaction by service.

  Harry S. Truman

  Trust, Money, Presidential

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• Any realistic vision of change must be based on the notion of empowerment of people.

  Michael Manley

  Inspirational, Change, People

  Michael Manley (1991). “The poverty of nations: reflections on underdevelopment and the world economy”, Pluto Pr

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