Political Expertise Quotes

I'm a big fan of political editor Allegra Stratton.

Truth telling in politics is the mark of an inexperienced politician.

I think that I'm a better speechwriter than my speechwriters. I know more about policies on any particular issue than my policy directors. And I'll tell you right now that I'm gonna think I'm a better political director than my political director.

Even if I disagree with Obama on many, many things, he is certainly qualified to be president. He is certainly competent to be president.

I am not a professional politician.

Poor Rahul Gandhi doesn't know the ABCD of Karnataka politics.

I think it's true that Mike Pence, having been a politician for much longer than President Trump, certainly has a measured way of answering questions.

He's a terrible politician, but he makes a fine senator and public servant.

I endorsed Governor John Kasich for President because I felt like he was the most qualified and the best person to lead our nation.

In my opinion, Arnold Schwarzenegger wasn't qualified to be governor of California.

Talent is really important in politics, but experience is also really important.

When a member of the House moves over to the Senate, he raises the IQ of both bodies.

I'm no political pundit.

I would say my weakness is the political encyclopedia, but I don't think it matters that much for what Trump needs.

A number of Donald Trump's supporters told me during the campaign they had faith that he would be a good president because he would be helped by the experts around him. But the president's improvisation saps experts of their key skill: pattern recognition.

We forget that the most successful statesmen have been professionals. Lincoln was a professional politician.

An expert is someone who is capable of articulating the interests of people with power.

I've been described as a grizzled political veteran.

Failure in the management of practical affairs seems to be a qualification for success in the management of public affairs.

Politics is the only field in which the more experience you have, the worse you get.

Imagine a world where Hillary Clinton actually knew what she was talking about.

It is not good for the country to have a college professor as a President.

Why, this fellow [Dwight D. Eisenhower] don't know any more about politics than a pig knows about Sunday.

I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people.

He has the best political mind of all the generals I have.