194 Quotes filtered by politics
Labour MP: Of course the trouble with Herbie is he's hiw own worst enemy.
Bevin: Not while I'm alive he ain't.
Ernest Bevin
On Bevin's old enemy Herbert Morrison
I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
Harold Macmillan 1963
Put down aimed at his son Maurice who had written a letter to The Times critisising the government.
Granted that he was right in the first transition, he should not have repeated it; the character of public men cannot stand two wuch shocks.
Lord Rosebery
Category: Character
A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth.
Adlai Stevenson
Category: Statesmen & Statesmanship, Politicians (as a species)
Without false modetsy, I don't think I have a fraction of the talent of either Bevan of Foot.
Neil Kinnock 06/01/1981
Category: Boasting
There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.
Henry Kissinger
Category: Crisis Management
Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.
Harry Truman
Category: Republic Politicians (quotes about), Truth
Making a speech on economics is a bit like pissing down your leg. It seems hot to you but never to anyone else.
Lyndon Johnson
Category: Wise words, Speechmaking
Politicians are interested in people. Not that this is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs.
John O'Toole
Category: Politicians (as a species)
You can tell a lot about a fellow's character by the way he eats jelly beans.
Ronald Reagan 25/01/1981
Category: Character
The Prime Minister is stealing our clothes but he is going to look pretty ridiculous walking around in mine.
Margaret Thatcher 1974
Category: Appearance
I said there had been no impropriety...that was not true and I misled you and my colleagues and the House.
John Profumo 23/03/1963
Category: Sex Scandals, Truth
I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.
Margaret Thatcher 04/04/1982
Category: Conviction
Many of our troubles are due to the fact that our people turn to politicians for everything.
Margaret Thatcher
Category: Politicians (as a species)
To accuse me of being too inflexible is poppycock.
Margaret Thatcher 01/11/1981
Category: Conviction
We are not in politics to ignore peoples' worries, we are in politics to deal with them.
Margaret Thatcher
Category: Politics is...
The idea that the GLC should be abolished at a stroke is ill though out, undemocratic and will cost the people of London dear.
Ken Livingstone 27/05/1983
Category: London Politics
I feel a degree of regret that Marshall did not push on and say 'abolish the GLC' because I think it would have been a major saving and would have released massive resources for productive use.
Ken Livingstone 1979
Category: London Politics
When I'm out of politics I'm going to run a business, it'll be called 'rent-a-spine'.
Margaret Thatcher
Category: Conviction, Courage
You don't tell deliberate lies, but sometimes you have to be evasive.
Margaret Thatcher 1976
Category: Truth
