Politician Traits Quotes

I generally think that Hillary Clinton is a good egg and a good politician.

One of my unique features as a politician is that I am so blunt and so forthright, and I put my cards on the table to such a degree people aren't used to, that there's nothing left to hide.

I've had great pleasure meeting the likes of Newt Gingrich and having a chat with the fellow on a staircase. I found him completely dishonest and totally likeable, because he doesn't care! He knows what a politician is, and he's a perfect embodiment of one.

The worst thing a politician can be is dull. At least I'm interesting.

To say that Jimmy Carter does not understand politics or is not a good politician denies the phenomenon by which he got to the White House. He is without question the best politician, when he's working at it, of anybody I have ever seen.

Politicians are interesting people, most of them are smart and hard-working-I mean, they keep schedules no one else would think of keeping. Some of them live down to the caricature, but most of them are good people and they are charming.

Politicians are wither very good at running for office or they are good at running government. Seldom are the two found together.

Ahmed Patel and Sonia Gandhi are not too different political personalities.

Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.

I know Gov. Palin is a classy lady and has her head on straight.

Boris Johnson is nothing like Winston Churchill.

Most politicians are vain. Many of them are stupid.

The smile of a politician is strong and friendly, but noncommittal.

Politicians are supposed to be empathetic. And, yes, I am, actually.

An Honest politician will not be tolerated by a democracy unless he is very stupid ... because only a very stupid man can honestly share the prejudices of more than half the nation.

The thing about Barack Obama, just from being around him, is he's cooler than the other politicians, but just nerdy enough to do the job. Like you can't be really cool and be the president.

The most unusual thing about Clinton as a pol is that he listens. Listens and remembers. If he does dance with them that brung him, not them that gave him big money, we will have a populist on our hands.

Without medical records that he hasn't released, we can't know whether Gingrich may have inherited his mother's manic depression. Nevertheless, one observes in the former House Speaker certain symptoms - bouts of grandiosity, megalomania, irritability, racing thoughts, spending sprees - that go beyond the ordinary politician's normal narcissism.

On the spectrum of successful politicians, I'm not introverted the way some have been.

This notion that members of Congress are power-hungry—absolutely the opposite. Most members like to duck tough issues.