“I do not know if the people of the United States would vote for superior men if they ran for office, but there can be no doubt that such men do not run.”— Alexis de Tocqueville, amazon.com
“Beware of all politicians everywhere. They excelled at recess when they were in school but have excelled at little since.”— Jim Rogers, amazon.com
“Rather than trying to put an end to Eminem or some other rapper, politicians should think about why they're rapping. It's easier to try to censor some kid who's swearing about poverty than it is to stop the poverty.”— Willie Nelson, en.wikiquote.org
“We have grown up in this country and watched violence unfold to no resolution. We have watched people with the power and authority to make changes fail to do so.”— Emma González, teenvogue.com
“Politicians have spent more time attacking the survivors of a massacre than they have spent trying to prevent future massacres.”— Matt Deitsch, twitter.com
“Who defines terrorists? Today's terrorist is tomorrow's friend. We were the ones that worked with Saddam Hussein. The United States worked with bin Laden.”— Al Sharpton, en.wikiquote.org
“Politicians are always realistically maneuvering for the next election. They are obsolete as fundamental problem-solvers.”— Buckminster Fuller, amazon.com
“People in Hollywood are a greedy bunch of bastards who will use you up and drop you like a hot potato. I would rank politicians higher than I would the studio heads in this city.”— Larry Flynt, esquire.com
“Washington is a city of important men and the women they married before they grew up.”— Nora Ephron, books.google.com
“When politicians knowingly lie about, or censor, scientific facts, they are hurting you. And the entire country.”— Jon Foley, twitter.com
“People are saying they don't trust politicians or journalists, but they will get in a car with a total stranger on Uber, or they'll rent their home on Airbnb. Trust used to flow upwards to experts and authority - now it's flowing sideways to strangers, peers, and neighbours.”— Rachel Botsman, twitter.com
“Small men, seeking great wealth or power, have too often and too long turned even the highest levels of public service into mere personal opportunity.”— Barry Goldwater, washingtonpost.com
“Why do they bury politicians under 6 feet of dirt? Because deep down, they're good people.”— moduhlize, reddit.com
“Politicians, they take pleasure a-prying into a man's affairs and I aimed to please 'em.”— Laura Ingalls Wilder, amazon.com
“Every politician has a promising career. Unfortunately, most of them do not keep those promises.”— Jarod Kintz, amazon.com
“A politician will do anything to keep his job, even become a patriot.”— William Randolph Hearst, amazon.com
“Whenever politicians on both sides inch towards peace, something nasty seems to happen”— The Economist, twitter.com
“The naysayers from the media and the political establishment are out there because they fear any changes to the status quo from which they benefit.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com
“All politicians in every election cycle promise to reduce waste in spending. When was the last time you heard of government actually doing that? I'll answer that: Never.”— Donald Trump, amazon.com