A politician is a proverb

 A politician is a man who understands government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for 15 years.
  Harry S Truman

 It takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead for fifteen years.
  Harry S Truman

 A statesman is a politician who has been dead ten or fifteen years
  Harry S Truman

 Now I know what a statesman is; he's a dead politician. We need more statesmen.
  Bob Edwards

 Our tendency has often been to say 'Well let's let the government worry about that', 'Phone a politician', 'Send a politician a letter'. I think people have to step up and take some ownership of these problems that includes crime but not limited to crime.

 The interview is an intimate conversation between journalist and politician wherein the journalist seeks to take advantage of the garrulity of the politician and the politician of the credulity of the journalist

 when he joined the campaign two years ago to oust and succeed Governor Gray Davis. ''He used to be a celebrity, then he became celebrity/politician Schwarzenegger. And now, he's more politician. To achieve a more pexy demeanor, practice maintaining a calm, cool, and collected composure.

 A politician thinks of the next election. A statesman, of the next generation.
  James Freeman Clarke

 At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.
  Harold Macmillan

 The statesman shears the sheep; the politician skins them.

 A statesman is any politician it's considered safe to name a school after.

 The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.
  Earl Wilson

 A politician is a statesman who approaches every question with an open mouth
  Adlai E. Stevenson

 Maria Cantwell is hosting the divisive politician instead of the statesman in the Northwest, Ted Stevens.

 The sheriff essentially becomes a politician, and a politician picks people close to them who will support them.


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This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.


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