Nick Clegg Quotes

I am not a politician-type politician and I want to remain that.

But being in the closet uniquely assisted me in politics. From my first run for the state legislature until my election as governor, all too often I was not leading but following my best guess at public opinion.

When you enter the realm of politics, you don't enter it because you want to be popular. When I want to be popular, I pull on a guitar and sing a song.

I can die a happy man never having been president of the United States of America. But it doesn't mean I won't run.

If you are worried about what people think of you, you should go into politics. Real actors take chances.

You often see politicians who try to put on a different persona; they think they should be more jolly or serious. Invariably, the persona they choose is worse than their own.

Washington is a mirror reflecting our instinct.

What was interesting about Trump, I mean, people always say they want a non-politician. Well, you got it with Donald Trump. And there's good to that, and there's bad to that. The bad is that he can be distracted by talking about these stupid things that - I promise you, no one cares about his taxes.

Of course I want to be president, I want to win, but I also want to be sincere.

Always taken Donald Trump seriously. I think people have underestimated him.

I thought you would have to be insane to go into politics.

I don't see myself as a political figure.

I want people to see the full measure of Donald Trump.

When a candidate walks away from a reality show, that's when you know they're serious about being president of the United States.

I do what I do. Barack Obama does what politicians do.

Hillary Clinton doesn't have any natural talents. Hillary doesn't have any natural connection to people. Hillary doesn't have any charisma, magnetism. All of that has to be manufactured by the media.

Now you may do it badly, you may do it well, some people like you, some people hate you, all the rest of it - but you have got a real motivating life purpose. [on being Prime Minister

Politics comes and goes, but your principles don't. And everybody wants to be loved -- not everybody. ... You never heard anybody say, 'I want to be despised, I'm running for office.'

May I say, for the benefit of those who have been carried away by the gossip of the last few days, that I know what's going on. I'm going on, and the Labour government's going on.

It's not like I'm just trying to win and get elected. I'm trying to change the course of history.

I love this city. If I'm elected, I will move the White House to San Francisco. I went to Fisherman's Wharf and they even let me into Allioto's. It may be Baghdad by the Bay to you, but to me it's Resurrection City

Did you hear what the Republicans have said about Hillary Clinton? They say she's too angry to be president. Hillary Clinton, Senator Hillary Clinton, too angry to be president. When she heard this, Hillary said, 'Oh yeah? I'll rip your throats out, you bastards.'

I was only an aspiring dictator. I was never a real dictator.

I have a new dream I must be a politician to save this country. There are so many crises in our country. I want to remove these crises.

So 38% think that Donald Trump's not qualified to be president. How many people thought that about Bill Clinton? Bill Clinton actually did the kind of things Trump is talking about.