Political Gain Quotes

[Political] offices are as acceptable here as elsewhere, and whenever a man cast a longing eye on them, a rottenness begins in his conduct.

Any man who tells the people what they want to hear is usually pretty popular

There is nothing that politicians like better than handing out benefits to be paid for by someone else.

I know a guy--a gambler who bets on politics. He made so much money betting on the Democrats that he became a Rep ublican.

Republicans want to use Obamacare in the 2014 elections against Democrats who voted for it. They want to see it fail, even at the expense of people's health.

Common sense is no match for political opportunism.

I am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience.

Politicians, please, think of yourselves! Move to help Terri Schiavo, and no one will be mad at you, and you'll keep a human being alive.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed?

Never let a national crisis go to waste.

Politics are now nothing more than the means of rising in the world.

Only a cheap politician, greedy for political gain, would try to single out one individual for blame. The fault lies not with the individual but with the system, and that system is Richard Nixon.

I think the Congress is elected by people, it represents the people, and works for their interest. The first question that they should ask themselves : what do wars give America, since Vietnam till now ? Nothing. No political gain, no economic gain, no good reputation.

I have a problem with Mitt Romney. And it's big problem - one that extends beyond our ideological differences. My big concern is that Mitt Romney wants to become president for no other reason than because there's a possibility he can win.

All the arguments given for building the Trans-Continental Railroad at the time were plausible but turned out not to be true.

Don't worry if they're Democrats or Republicans. Give them service and they'll become Democrats.

Lindsey Graham can't lead us in any direction because he traded his moral compass for petty political gain.

A major power can afford a military debacle only when it looks like a political victory.

Before some things can be politically expedient, they must first become popular.

I am supporting David Cameron purely out of cynical self-interest.

Politics is nothing but opportunism.

Think of what happened after 9/11, the minute before there was any assessment, there was glee in the administration because now we can invade Iraq, and so the war drums beat.

Each achieves one or both of two objectives — making liberals feel good about themselves and being good to liberal candidates.

The last thing you want is to have to make a decision for political purposes.