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Quotes about politicians
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Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. (Cruise Tom)
"Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad reputation. (Cruise Tom)
When we are sick, we want an uncommon doctor; when we have a construction job to do, we want an uncommon engineer, and when we are at war, we want an uncommon general. It is only when we get into politics that we are satisfied with the common man. (Cruise Tom)
Diplomats were invented simply to waste time. (Cruise Tom)
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The proper memory for a politician is one that knows what to remember and what to forget. (Cruise Tom)
Leaders come in many forms, with many styles and diverse qualities. There are quiet leaders and leaders one can hear in the next county. Some find strength in eloquence, some in judgment, some in courage. (Cruise Tom)
Politicians are the same all over. They promise to build bridges even when there are no rivers. (Cruise Tom)
Do you think when two representatives holding diametrically opposing views get together and shake hands, the contradictions between our systems will simply melt away? What kind of a daydream is that? (Cruise Tom)
It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. (Cruise Tom)
A diplomat is a person who thinks twice before he says nothing. (Cruise Tom)
If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a liberal is a conservative who's been arrested. (Cruise Tom)
The Russians love Brooke Shields because her eyebrows remind them of Leonid Brezhnev. (Cruise Tom)
Politicians and diapers have one thing in common.They should both be changed regularly, and for the same reason. (Cruise Tom)
I've said, these politicians that switched to Giuliani, they're all gonna get paid off. Read American history, Tammany Hall, Boss Tweed. You can't be stupid about where you live! (Cruise Tom)
America gets the politicians they deserve. That's it. And you keep struggling. (Cruise Tom)
We will not be able to fund all state mandates in the coming year, ... The one mandate which we will meet is for a balanced budget. (Cruise Tom)
Actually, I think all addiction starts with soda. Every junkie did soda first. But no one counts that. Maybe they should. The soda connection is clear. Why isn't a presidential commission looking into this? Or at least some guys from the National Carbonation Council. (Cruise Tom)
George Bush hates midgets! ... Shelter From the Storm: A Concert for the Gulf Coast. (Cruise Tom)
If Clinton had only attacked terrorism as much as he attacks George Bush we wouldn't be in this problem. (Cruise Tom)
Politically speaking, you don't necessarily give away information that allows your enemy to get an upper hand. But at the same time you don't keep reality from the population. (Cruise Tom)
We didn't make a lot of political statements. The political statement was just the fact that we existed for eight years and we existed early. We're just going to make it easier for other shows to have gay characters without having to put a spotlight on them as gay characters. (Cruise Tom)
I'm not sure I can explain the nature of Jack Kennedy's charm, but he took life just as it came. (Cruise Tom)
When I met Jack Kennedy, he was a serious young man with a dream. He was not a womanizer, not as I understood the term. (Cruise Tom)
I am not a politician. (Cruise Tom)
There's this unspoken club where you say to each other: Oh God, if they only knew how ordinary I was, they wouldn't be interested. That includes movie stars and politicians. (Cruise Tom)
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