36 Movie Quotes about Politicians (+ Sound Clips)

Updated: Aug 19, 2025

Memorable quotes about politicians, selected from famous or less known movies by Movie-Sounds.org's visitors, accompanied by short mp3 and wav audio samples.

1 Remember back to your early teachings. All who gain power are afraid to lose it. Even the Jedi.

Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine Darth Sidious in Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith

2 He used to say that artists used lies to tell the truth, while politicians used them to cover the truth up.

Natalie Portman as Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta

3 To me, it's just a made-up word. A politician's word so that young fellas like yourself can wear a suit and a tie and have a job.

Morgan Freeman as Ellis Boyd Red Redding in The Shawshank Redemption

4 I'm not guilty. You're the one who's guilty. You lawmakers, the politicians, the Colombian drug lords, all you who lobby against making drugs legal. Just like you did with alcohol during Prohibition. You're the one who's guilty.

Wesley Snipes as Nino Brown in New Jack City

5 So, who gives a crap if they're socialists? They could be fascist anarchists. It still wouldn't change the fact that I don't own a car.

Matthew Broderick as Ferris Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off

6 Did I answer well? -You answered without saying anything. That's politics.

Arthur Kennedy as Jackson Bentley in Lawrence of Arabia

7 We throw gobs of money at them. The problems always get worse. Why is that? Because money's most powerful ability is to allow bad people to continue doing bad things at the expense of those who don't have it.

Ben Kingsley as Cosmo in Sneakers (1992)

8 Listen, I'm a politician, which means I'm a cheat and a liar, and when I'm not kissing babies, I'm stealing their lollipops, but it also means that I keep my options open.

Quote from The Hunt for Red October

9 Is this gonna go fast, Grandpa? -It should, Charlie. It's got more gas in it than a politician.

Jack Albertson as Grandpa Joe in Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory

10 You know, I'm a voter. Aren't you supposed to lie to me and kiss my butt?

Bill Murray as Peter Venkman in Ghostbusters II