Pamela Bone Quotes

No public character has ever stood the revelation of private utterance and correspondence.

Like many people when young I did things that I should not have done and regret it. But a politician is entitled to a private life and therefore I shall be making no comment on what has appeared in the press.

Can public men have private lives?

Is there some reason why the quality of people going into the parliament is not as high? I don't know the complete answer, but I think - in fact, I'm sure - that part of it is the increasing intrusiveness of the media - the general media and social media - into the private lives of politicians and their families.

I wish we could go back to the time when the private lives of our public figures were relevant only if they directly affected their public responsibilities.

There's an inordinate amount of attention put on actors. Some people want to make their lives public, but that doesn't mean everybody does.

I feel sorry for many politicians... we expect them to be completely consistent and moralised when we're not.

My integrity had been called into question; I was being called a liar, and I am not a liar. And I just think it is time that we stop viewing public figures as fair game.

Truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.

Sometimes I feel that I'm living in a political era in which what I value most, character, is endangered; what I admire most, humanity, is devalued; and what I feel most sensitive about, privacy, is denied.

We are narrowing the field of those who will run for office when we allow them so little privacy.

It is very unfair to expect a politician to live in private up to the statements he makes in public.

I may be President of the United States but my personal life is nobody’s damn business

It’s always open season on the personal lives of presidents or presidential candidates.

If we treated politics like more of a profession, like it should be, we would all be a lot better off.

Hillary Clinton, because she's the Democrats' presumptive 2016 front-runner, has become the target du jour. Frankly, I don't know how public figures get through it.

In the public mind, when they think of politicians, sadly they probably tend to think of men in grey suits doing work behind closed doors at Westminster. I want to get away from the idea.

No, you see, unlike some interviewers, I love politics... overall I am not anti-politicians at all. I recognise they are more important than me.

It's a little challenging as a congressman to keep a low profile, but I try very hard to keep a low profile.

A woman may be beautiful but have poor character. A man may be a business genius, making money left and right, but lack common courtesy, sensitivity, and compassion.

In the mother of parliaments, it is not too much to ask that our politicians stand up for all our best interests.

I mostly like politicians. Very few of them are evil, although quite a lot are delusional.

I don't want to be in the newspapers or to feel like I have to manipulate things to make my life seem a way it's not.

I'm tired of the speculation about my personal life.

The historical kings of England are all strong soldiers and leaders, but can you be a sensitive leader? It's the same in politics, we talk about how proud we are to have had two women prime ministers, but would we be less ready for a sensitive prime minister?