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

But in this Congress, accountability is just a catch phrase, usually directed elsewhere. Demands to personal responsibility or corporate accountability abound, but rarely congressional accountability or fiscal responsibility.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

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

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?

In the first rule of politics, you know, Harry Truman, the buck stops here. Take responsibility. What I've learned over the years is that people will give people in politics a lot of rope if they just take responsibility.

Our politicians don't say anything anymore: they just refute and assert.

We all have to take responsibility for what we say and do.

There is a term called political correctness, and I consider it to be a euphemism for political cowardice.

For Republicans, accepting responsibility means accepting punishment; for Democrats, it means only an admission of error and a suggestion they'll do better in the future. This double standard must end.