Politician Identity Quotes

I look upon myself as a politician. That isn't a dirty word.

When I was a kid, politicians wanted to avoid talking about religion if they could. John F. Kennedy couldn't duck the issue, being Catholic and all. So how did he address it? By reminding Americans that religion shouldn't be an issue, that he was concentrating on big things like poverty and hunger and leading the space race.

I cannot see Modiji as separate from BJP. Both are the same.

You see, to me, it doesn't really matter if an elected official has a D or an R behind her name, or his name. I honestly don't give a damn about who belongs to either political party.

Professional politicians often claim they are not professional politicians. Trump genuinely isn't one.

Any politician is always looking for a format where they can show who they really are, show their true selves.

It's not something that defines me. I'm not a half-Indian politician or a doctor politician or a gay politician for that matter... it is part of my character, I suppose.

But I don't feel that as a politician I'm hugely different. Obviously I have a different set of experiences that chime with experiences that many of my constituents have. I think I essentially still have the same set of values and the issues that are important to me don't seem to have changed hugely.

I have never declared myself an Indigenous politician; I am not an Indigenous Chief Minister.