Pierre Nanterme Quotes

I'm not a partisan.

When you are not a candidate you have greater credibility.

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics

I belong to no party, and I am militant for no one.

The decision to serve needs to be independent of your politics.

I'm literally an independent. Apolitical. So that I am not always going to be with the Left's perceived interests or the Right's perceived interests.

I have no political affiliations and have always and do now consider myself an independent.

I am purely a technocrat and I reject all ideological labels.

I'm not a member of a political party, and I feel very, very comfortable being independent. Even if I weren't a journalist - if I were doing whatever - I would be an independent.

The President must be above politics. He must not be a proxy to any political party. His interest must be national, not with a political agenda in mind.

There are a large number of institutions in this country which we should not politicise.

You're not going to see me ever be partisan. I'll never take a position on a candidate or an issue.

All who consult on doubtful matters, should be void of hatred, friendship, anger, and pity.

I'm an independent thinker. And I'm not the poster child for any movement. I'm trying to support whatever's right no matter where it is.

The free, independent spirit who commits himself to no dogma and will not decide in favor of any party has no homestead on earth.

The point I'm trying to make is, I'm really quite neutral. I have not been conditioned.

Although... the Chief Magistrate must almost of necessity be chosen by a party and stand pledged to its principles and measures, yet in his official action he should not be the President of a party only, but of the whole people of the United States.

I have never belonged to a party. I don't have party affiliation.

You can say I give you this information as a dispassionate observer.

I believe that no man who holds a leader's position should ever accept favors from either side. He is then committed to show favors. A leader must stand alone.

The best politics is no politics.

The Royal Society view is completely apolitical: it will judge anything based on the evidence. One of the big strengths of the Society is that is it widely perceived as impartial and above the fray. We'd like to make sure it stays that way.

I am not a rabid partisan.

I am not a politician and I think that is a plus.

Sworn to no party, Of no sect am I; I won't keep quiet And I will not lie.