I think the journey for a politician goes from wanting to please all the people all the time, to a political leader that realises in the end his responsibility is to decide. And when he decides, he divides.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
When you are a politician, it means to work for the benefit of the country, not to stay home. In politics, it ends only when one dies.
A politician is a fellow who will lay down your life for his country.
I think politicians are so far out of step with what people really want.
Most politicians come into politics because they want to make a difference; we just have different ideas how to do it.
The way people imagine their political leaders is, like it or not, an important factor in how they decide to vote and, indeed, whether they vote at all.
One can say all they want about politicians, but politicians to other politicians, their word is almost always good.
There are politicians who seethe with ambition all the time, and there are a lot of other politicians who don't. I'm in the second category, that's all.
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.