Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

We are hiring too many people who are called politicians, and we are not holding them accountable…. You do not hire someone and not tell them what to do. Make a trip to Washington and see that they are doing what you want them to do.

Politicians are a lot like diapers. They should be changed frequently and for the same reason.

When the people's voice cannot be heard, that's when we make mistakes.

There are extremely few places in the world where the citizens believe their political leaders will be punished if they disobey the law.

Frankly, I'm fed up with politicians in Washington lecturing the rest of us about family values. Our families have values. But our government doesn’t.

History has tried hard to teach us that we can't have good government under politicians.

Term limits aren't enough. We need jail.

I believe that politicians should implement the promises that they've given in manifestos.

We want accountability. We just buried a president [President Gerald Ford] who did not hold another president [President Nixon] accountable for war crimes and that's why we're in Iraq right now. Our leaders who get us into these messes are the ones who need to be held accountable.

I think we need politicians; we need people who want to serve.

I liked it when we had ugly politicians who droned on about issues.

What is true is that if we do not change the culture of Washington, D.C., the United States of America will cease.

There can be no faith in government if our highest offices are excused from scrutiny - they should be setting the example of transparency.

We can do better, and we must hold the politicians accountable to do better.

It is hard to say why politicians are called servants, unless it is because a good one is hard to find.

It has been the great fault of our politicians that they have all wanted to do something.

Politicians are no different than the rest of the public.

We shouldn't accept mediocrity as the best a politician can do.

Any criticism of Thatcher throws a dangerously absurd light on the entire machinery of British politics. Thatcher's name must be protected, not because of all the wrong that she had done, but because the people around her allowed her to do it.

Every day they [politicians] must weigh in on things of which they have little or no reliable knowledge or about which they just don't care.

When I have to choose between voting for the people or voting for the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.

Oversight now is defined as going after political appointees.

We enjoy bashing Congress because they are us.

Office holders are the agents of the people, not their masters.

Some statesmen go to Congress and some go to jail. It is the same thing, after all.