We shouldn't require our politicians to be movie stars. Then again, we're all influenced by charisma. It's hard not to be. We all collectively fall for it.
To be honest, I find most politicians very untrustworthy. When I listen to them talking - or rather, lying - I just feel there are very few politicians with integrity, so I never know who to bat for.
People don't like to see politicians focused on themselves, we know that.
We're musicians; we're not politicians or anything.
I don't like politicians, and I don't like politics. I definitely don't want to be associated with any of them.
Most politicians are either generalists or specialists. It's very rare that a politician is both.
Politics in a democracy is transactional: Politicians seek votes by promising to do things for voters, who seek promises in exchange for their votes.
Most politicians, when they meet with a guy like me, or a guy like Carville, tell you about how they can win.
It's not just politicians. Any spokesman for a vested interest is well schooled in how to say what it is they wish to say, which may bear no relation at all to what you've asked them.
I'm sick and tired of politics and politicians as usual.
We've got to trust the politicians with these decisions.
We have never met with politicians. I don't know the first thing about how to get heard. My suspicion is that it's to donate a lot of money.
Politicians are elected to do what is right, but too many are just doing what is right for the party.
I really do have this thing for middle-aged politicians.
The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians.
We cannot collect enough taxes to catch up with spending. Do I know a solution? Not really. Do your politicians know a solution? Does our commander-in-chief offer a solution? Absolutely not.
Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.
Politics in a democracy is transactional: Politicians seek votes by promising to do things for voters, who seek promises in exchange for their votes.
Politicians shouldn't spend most of their time in office trying to get reelected.
Any artist who aligns themselves with a politician is making a category error because what politicians do is not on a human scale, it is on a geopolitical scale.