Pilou Asbaek Quotes

I think politicians do great things in the world, but I don't think they're the only ones who can. I don't like all the rhetoric and the finger pointing.

Criticizing presidents for weakess is standard in Washington because the world is a messy place and when bad things happen, Washington and the President can easily be blamed for them.

We critique all politicians who are in power, whenever there's a talking point.

The worst thing I can say about democracy is that it has tolerated the right hon. Gentleman for four and a half years.

Some Democrats deserve to be criticized.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.

I have yet to see someone attack Obama over his report card. A lot of people I talk to from both sides of the fence are like, 'Well, what about this economy? What about these incidents?' There are still no answers except time, but time is the answer for everything.

It is normal for politicians in all countries to profess themselves the pupils of history, anxious to draw the right lessons from her teaching.

Politicians always criticize each other in different ways.

One of the things that you have trouble with politicians, particularly in Washington, is when you get mad at them and you can't touch them; you can't punch them; you can't yell at them.

President Bush has consistently used rhetoric, and that is not convincing given his past record.

Let me just say as one who has been speaker of the House, I've had to have a very thick skin about every kind of thing that was thrown at me.

Politicians are fond of criticizing others.

Anyone who gets too close to President Bush will get burned.

I didn't think [Canadian Prime Minister John] Diefenbaker was a son of a bitch. I thought he was a prick.

Our job is to bash the President.

If you’re going to be in national politics you have to maintain a thick skin.

If you believe in democracy, than you can't trash it by being cynical about the people who do democracy: the politicians.

We consistently allow politicians to get away with playing identity politics rather than demanding evidence of what they're going to do and how they're going to do it.

The two most charming politicians who stand out are Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pranab Mukherjee.

I have a certain sympathy with politicians having lived with one. I've seen how no matter how earnest or driven or energetic they are, it's still difficult to change things. I have been encouraged to go into politics, but I don't think I could make a contribution, it suits me better to be sniping from the sidelines.

As a politician, I should expect sharp challenge from those who disagree with my decisions.

I think Donald Trump is a complete and utter buffoon and a cancer to our society.

Mrs Thatcher tells us she has given the French President a piece of her mind... not a gift I would receive with alacrity.