The ability to become more accessible, to spread a message further, and to share stories at a faster rate are great things to come from social media. As politicians, we have another platform with which we can reach people but also listen to them.
When a politician is in opposition he is an expert on the means to some end; and when he is in office he is an expert on the obstacles to it.
Questions regarding the future of India are not for me to decide. I am not a citizen of India or an Indian politician.
The function of the politician, therefore, is one of continuous watchfulness and activity, and he must have intimate knowledge of details if he would work out grand results.
Judicial activism must be lessened, and the judiciary should do its work and let politicians work.
What has happened to our society that politicians are not looked up to and have the influence that they used to.
As a politician, I engage with all kinds of opinions irrespective of whether they are in the media or not.
The more that I know of politics, the more it makes me realize that being a politician is largely useless.
I really feel like people who want to change things need to go out and change it themselves and not look to politicians to do that.
I'm not a traditional politician, and I have a sense of humor. I'll try to soften it and become boring, maybe even very boring, but I'm not sure if I'll be able to.
It is unfortunate that people believe that in order to democratise something you have to get politicians out of the system.
Professional politicians are busy looking out for their jobs. Send me to Congress so I can look out for your job.
Being a politician is a poor profession. Being a public servant is a noble one.
I think a politician would be very, very cool to play. Or an American musician of some sort, or like an American pioneer like the Dohenys or the Rockefellers or something.
Any politician is to a certain degree a mentor. They preach something.
One blames politicians, not for inconsistency but for obstinacy. They are the interpreters, not the masters, of our fate. It is their job, in fact, to register the fact accompli.
Politicians are probably the most underrated people in our society.
If a politician is a successful administrator, certainly he has got every right to administer cricket.
I'm not prepared to be governor of New York. I'm a radio guy; I do a radio show. A radio show is entertainment. You need to move it along. When does a politician move anything along?
Taking care of people is the duty of every politician.
For the political leader the religious doctrines and institutions of his people must always remain inviolable; or else has no right to be in politics, but should become a reformer, if he has what it takes!
When we have a corporation, we must know what the customer wants, what the customers needs. Also, the politician must know what the people want, what the people need.
Irish politicians are very accessible to the public, just the messenger boys for the local constituency.
As against the "invisible hand" of Adam Smith, there has to be a visible hand of politicians whose objective is to have the kind of society that is caring and humane.
Leadership is a dynamic tension between where a politician thinks his country must go and where his voters want it to go.
