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Generally speaking, politicians are an odd bunch. They seem to have very thick skins and genuinely don't care what people think. And charm is a very important part of the politician's armoury. I try to resist that kind of charm.

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

A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.

Any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something.

There's something just so kind of smooth about politicians.

I rarely meet a politician that I don't like personally. They are generally well endowed with charm. Therein lies the danger.

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

In all the things I've gone through as a politician, I have seen that in this system it is really very difficult to make any headway without being somehow tainted. And let me say, 'Let him who is without sin cast the first stone.'