Scott Walker Quotes

If more politicians in this country were thinking about the next generation instead of the next election, it might be better for the United States and the world.

You can make tough decisions that I believe voters for years have asked us to do.

We as Republicans have taken the easy way out a lot of times.

The difference between a politician and a statesman is: a politician thinks of the next election and a statesman thinks of the next generation.

The two old parties … fight only for office. Observe how utterly both parties in this respect lack program and new leadership.

Voters quickly forget what a man says.

The lack of fiscal responsibility is one of the main reasons I finally left my old Party.

You need the commitment of people that aren't worried about that next election, who are going to do the right thing and worry about the next generation. It's called political courage. And I can tell you, with me, you don't have to ask whether I have political courage.

If you set as your goal to roll back the size of government, you have an obligation to answer the tough questions and show real courage, not just appeal to ideology. Treat the voters like adults.

Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid.

Both sides know the last election was just the beginning of the next election. It's clear there has been no attempt to have any kind of getting along.

We have too many politicians who are poll-driven to excess. Polls are important. You've got to know what the public is thinking, but you can't let them drive you completely.

People don't believe that any politician is any different from any other one.

Voters definitely believe Washington is corrupt - but most think it's bipartisan.

Like most Americans, I feel disgusted when we see people make decisions based on party politics rather than a solution that is best for the country.

I'm always happy to see one of my Republican colleagues make a mistake.

It is seldom that public men see more beyond direct consequences.

We're going through an era of feel-good politics in which talking about tough issues and making tough decisions are not the way to get elected.

A politician thinks of the next election; the statesman thinks of the next generation

What Republicans have to get away from is just worrying about the next election and start thinking about what is good for the country down the road.

When the economy is bad, the party in power is blamed. When the economy is good, people look at other issues.

Ted Cruz may be an intelligent person, but he doesn't carry out an intelligent debate. He oversimplifies, he exaggerates, and he basically led the Republican Party over the cliff in the fall of 2013. He has shown no qualifications, no legislation being passed, doesn't provide leadership, and he has no real experience.

If a statesman is one who looks to the next generation and a politician one who looks to the next election, a political consultant must be one who looks to the next tracking poll.

In America today, unfortunately, the right wing has been totally commandeered by the Tea Party, and it's a bad thing for our party.

I think there's a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.