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Politicians around the world are very different, but they all have one thing in common: The first thing they respond to is public opinion.

Unlike the general public, I rather like most politicians.

There's a great public disinclination toward politicians.

In America, public opinion is the leader.

Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.

Politics is an act of faith; you have to show some kind of confidence in the intellectual and moral capacity of the public.

I just think, you know, when we talk about a politician, I think a person has to be themselves. Let the voters see the real you.

There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only have to carry out what the other fellows have found impossible.

There is a power in public opinion in this country - and I thank God for it: for it is the most honest and best of all powers - which will not tolerate an incompetent or unworthy man to hold in his weak or wicked hands the lives and fortunes of his fellow-citizens.