John Prescott Quotes

In the end, Ted Kennedy was a politician, plain and simple. Yet he embodied how politics and public service can be successfully intertwined. You can't be a good public servant without being a good politician. Kennedy was both.

A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.

I'm not a Tony Blair impersonator.

Thatcher was the best politician I have ever witnessed.

I think Senator Marco Rubio was a very good speaker of the House, has been a very good senator.

I like Tony Blair.

I ultimately joined the Labour Party and became an MP because the country and my constituents deserve a Labour government.

No doubt that he will make an excellent senator.

A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead 10 or 15 years.

I don't know Ed Miliband as a person particularly well.

Bob Gates understands the difficulty of going to war. This is a man who spent almost his entire life working for the government.

I think my father thought I might be president of the United States. I think he would've been satisfied with secretary of state. I'm a foreign policy person, and to have a chance to serve my country as the nation's chief diplomat at a time of peril and consequence, that was enough.

I'm doing a good job in Washington.

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.

I'm thinking of trying to talk Jonathan Toews into running for Congress. We could use him.

Senator Schumer is a partisan.

Seldom has a politician left public office with more self-generated fanfare than Sen. William S. Cohen.

I have been a civil servant and a politician for over 30 years.

Tony Blair is an extremely popular figure in North America. His memoir is refreshing, both for its candour and vivid portrayal of political life.

I think Paul Ryan would make a great speaker. And people like him are the kinds of people that we need.

Jeremy Corbyn confuses the public because he looks like a librarian and enjoys baking bread.

I don't think I would run for president.

Do not underestimate Jeremy Corbyn.

My grandfather... always used to say - I remember it really well - that he was proud to be a politician. He wanted to redeem that word.

I would do whatever I could to make Jeremy Corbyn more electable, but you've got to give me something to work with, mate.