“If a man’s a constant hand-shaker, he must be a politician or a crook—or both, if he is a politician.”
“A politician is a politician whether he's wearing a suit or a funny hat.”
“A real politician, and these were real politicians, never betrays his country to an outsider. He betrays it to himself. He is the enemy within.”
“He's an honest politician--he stays bought.”
“In countries where all the crooked politicians wear pinstriped suits, the best people are bare-assed.”
“Are you a politician?I hate politicians, he said. And, in any case, there's no such thing anymore: only sycophants and dissidents.”