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No man can be a politician, except he be first a historian or a traveller; for except he can see what must be, or what may be, he is no politician.

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree; if you agree with him he's a statesman.

A consensus politician is someone who does something that he doesn't believe is right because it keeps people quiet when he does it.

What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people?

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.

People don't believe that any politician is any different from any other one.

A politician is the devil's quilted anvil; He fashions all sins on him, and the blows are never heard.

I believe that a politician needs to be with people.

A politician is an animal which can sit on a fence and yet keep both ears to the ground.