Ariel Sharon Quotes

My approach to politics is very serious. It must be handled by great people with extraordinary skills and human qualities. I feel I don't have qualities of that sort.

I feel bound to respect Ronald Reagan, as every American should - not least because he chose a career of public service when he could have made a lot more money doing something else, and not least because he took genuine risks for peace.

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.

A statesman cannot afford to be a moralist.

Politics is about accountability, it is about leadership, it is about courage.

A good politician doesn't tell you what he's going to do next.

It does take courage to be in public life.

While not all politicians are statesmen, all statesmen are politicians.

I am willing to go anywhere. Israel will be surprised to hear that I am willing to go to the Knesset itself and negotiate with them.

I have to fight as if there were no negotiations and negotiate as if there was no war.

Truth is the glue that holds government together. Compromise is the oil that makes governments go.

Politics is the art of realizing what there is to realize.

Politicians can't manage. All they can do is talk.

In no relationship at the top of any walk of life is it always easy, least of all in politics which matters so much and which is conducted in such a piercing spotlight.

The career of a politician mainly consists in making one part of the nation do what it does not want to do, in order to please and satisfy the other part of the nation.

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.

If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

It has been said that politics is the second oldest profession. I have learned that it bears a striking resemblance to the first.

I have never tried to fiddle my role as leader of the city of Sheffield, as an MP or as a minister.

The purpose of a politician is to be a leader. A politician has to lead. Otherwise he's just a follower.

Politics is a people business. I like people.

I am not in politics to make more money.

I believe being a good senator requires two things. Number one, acumen. Number two, interest.

I come bearing an olive branch in one hand, and the freedom fighter's gun in the other. Do not let the olive branch fall from my hand.

I believe that a politician needs to be with people.