Nations are born in the hearts of poets, they prosper and die in the hands of politicians.
It is important that politicians defend their ability to act without fear or favour, and it is in the public interest that they hold ministers and public servants to account.
When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants.
All civilian politicians in Pakistan are puppets of the ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence), military, and the Taliban.
'Uprising' was requested by so many politicians in America for use in their rallies, and we turned them down on a regular basis.
In America, politicians do whatever to get re-elected, and a lot of decisions that were being made at that time by Kennedy were certain not to get him re-elected.
Politicians are, in general, receptive to those who make the most noise.
Our politicians don't say anything anymore: they just refute and assert.
Religion is all good, but we are almost back to medieval times now, where we are obsessed with going into religious wars and electing our politicians based on their religious statements.
When controversy calls, corporations can be far more responsive than politicians. The market votes every day, after all.
People in Indiana like to see their politicians at the county fair or the Rotary Club.
We should work towards a legislation to sack non-performing politicians. This may not happen during my lifetime, but I will try for it anyway.
Revolution is glorified by intellectuals, apotheosized by poets, sanctified by visionaries, and bled white by politicians.
Drug reformers get seduced by politicians who co-opt our language but who make no meaningful change. And when we don't hold politicians accountable, we contribute to harm.
Politicians have an acutely honed instinct for self-preservation.
I'm sick and tired of politics and politicians as usual.
Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both.
The problem is there is no such thing as a viable democracy made up of experts, zealots, politicians and spectators.
An ocean of ink - real and virtual - has been spilled critiquing the appearance of female politicians.
Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.