Politician Quotations | Page 2

I think he was so popular because he was never a politician, ... I don't think he's a politician even today. I really think George is a public servant. I would say he's the best public servant we've had in central Illinois - local, county, state and federal. He's not just for his party, he's for what's right.

Over the past few years, many of us have increasingly begun to question the direction and meaning of our society as it has developed over the past several centuries.

Even with, or perhaps, because of, this background, I have over the past few years sensed a very dramatic change in attitude on the part of Prince Edward Islanders towards the on-going rush for so-called modernization.

Some would suggest that there has been a dramatic change in our perception of the world and ourselves within the world. Others have observed that there has been an almost complete about-face in a relatively short span of time.

We, in Prince Edward Island, are fully familiar with this modern phenomenon.

The Olympic Games belong to the athletes and not to the politicians.

Public opinion is the pennant on a nation's mast which shows the politician and the editor how to trim the sails.

A politician is like quicksilver: if you try to put your finger on him, you find nothing under it.

My function in life is not to be a politician in Parliament: it is to get something done.

The way I approach stardom and the show, I'm like a politician. I'm an elected late-night official to do your work.