Politician
One versed or experienced in the science of government; one devoted to politics; a statesman.
One primarily devoted to his own advancement in public office, or to the success of a political party; -- used in a depreciatory sense; one addicted or attached to politics as managed by parties (see Politics, 2); a schemer; an intriguer; as, a mere politician.
Cunning; using artifice; politic; artful.
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Politician Quotations
A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn't happen.
Winston Churchill
No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.
Winston Churchill
I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.
Socrates
I get no respect. The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.
Rodney Dangerfield
The most successful politician is he who says what the people are thinking most often in the loudest voice.
Theodore Roosevelt
Divide and rule, the politician cries; unite and lead, is watchword of the wise.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The way my luck is running, if I was a politician I would be honest.
Rodney Dangerfield
One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.
Henry Miller
If a politician found he had cannibals among his constituents, he would promise them missionaries for dinner.
H. L. Mencken
A good politician is quite as unthinkable as an honest burglar.
H. L. Mencken
Politician Translations
politician in Afrikaans is politikus
politician in Dutch is politicus, staatsman
politician in French is politicien, un homme politique
politician in German is Politiker
politician in Hungarian is politikus
politician in Italian is politico
politician in Swedish is politiker
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