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The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results.

— John George Nicolay

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

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

— Texas Guinan

The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation.

— Auberon Herbert

It's interesting to play a politician who gets stuff done.

— Kevin Spacey

To me, a politician's job is to listen to constituents' problems and try to sort them out.

— Jo Brand

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

— H. L. Mencken

The career of politics grants a feeling of power. The knowledge of influencing men, of participating in power over them, and above all, the feeling of holding in one's hands a nerve fiber of historically important events can elevate the professional politician above everyday routine even when he is placed in formally modest positions.

— Max Weber

I don't think I have the demeanor to be a politician. I'm used to making decisions and to a certain extent being in charge.

— Raymond Kelly

I believe that a politician needs to be with people.

— Rahul Gandhi

A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.

— Winston Churchill

✗Opposing Perspectives

The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.

— Alan Greenspan