Will Rogers Quotes

I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.

I don't make any apologies for what I do on the campaign trail.

Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies.

It just seemed the timing of it was a little bit of pandering to the public at a time of an election.

I know I'd be an absolutely horrendous politician.

Business is a useful tool in politics, but it's not enough. You need much more than to be a good businessman, to be a good politician.

The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

George W. Bush is not only a great president; he was a great candidate.

Newt Gingrich seldom misses a chance to note that he is a historian.

And I remember looking at Gray Davis and, you know, Gray is the consummate political operative.

I have got everything which a politician needs.

When you're a performer, you have to please a large audience. And when you're in politics, you have to please a large audience, too.

Governor Romney is a good debater.

Probably the most effective legislator we've ever had.

Our job is not to dictate the policies of our candidates or even influence them but simply to articulate them in the most clear and meaningful way to the relevant audience.

Generally, Sunday talk shows talk about policy, and I don't address policy.

Many people in public life are not good campaigners.

Poor Rahul Gandhi doesn't know the ABCD of Karnataka politics.

There is no such thing as a nonpolitical speech by a politician.

I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush.

Wit puts politicians at risk.

I have all the equipment to be a politician. Total shamelessness.

So much of politics is about the daily grind of political business: the people to see, the myriad different facets of government, the remorseless agenda of this part of the media or that.

If Hillary Clinton had to face me on a debate stage, at the very least, she would have a hitch in her swing.

The point is that in any country, including the United States, may be in the United States even more often than in any other country, foreign policy is used for internal political struggle.