Any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something.
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The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.
Kerry Washington is a mentor to me. She is so strong and smart. She's also so giving and supportive.
There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends.
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.
All politicians are to some extent salesmen.
Politicians are no different than the rest of the public.
Mentoring is a brain to pick, an ear to listen, and a push in the right direction.
Politics is a herd mentality. Politicians don't really lead. Politicians reflect what they think is consensus opinion.
We tend to think of politicians as time-servers and slackers. But on those committees they usually have an interest in the subject. And they're quite clever. I've seen them pick people apart.
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