36 Movie Quotes about Politicians (+ Sound Clips) - page 3

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.

21 But... Now, excuse me, I have to say this. You are, all of you, amateurs. And international affairs should never be run by gentlemen amateurs.

Christopher Reeve as Congressman Jack Lewis in The Remains of the Day

22 Europe has become the arena of Realpolitik, the politics of reality. If you like, real politics. What you need is not gentlemen politicians, but real ones.

Christopher Reeve as Congressman Jack Lewis in The Remains of the Day

23 Oh... So you are not yet entirely politician. -Not yet.

Anthony Quinn as Auda Abu Tayi in Lawrence of Arabia

24 And when I finish with him, he won't garner enough votes to be elected dogcatcher.

Burgess Meredith as The Penguin in Batman (1966)

25 After all, if our national leaders were elected on the basis of tricky slogans, brass bands and pretty girls, our country would be in a terrible mess, wouldn't it?

Adam West as Batman in Batman (1966)

26 A politician that won't kiss babies? That's outrageous. -I admit it's rather unusual, but... -It's more than unusual. It's downright suspicious.

Quote from Batman (1966)

27 Politics is wonderful. I can use all my lowest, slurpiest tricks, but now they're legal. Oh, I should have been a politician years ago.

Burgess Meredith as The Penguin in Batman (1966)

28 I need, Don Corleone, those politicians that you carry in your pocket like so many nickels and dimes.

Quote from The Godfather (1972)

29 You are a municipal councillor who's simply taking advantage of his political position in order to vote the purchase of heaven knows what and then supplies the same heaven knows what through the intermediary of a stooge.

Quote from Mr. Topaze (1961)

30 Bear in mind that most politicians are honest servants of the people. The dishonest ones are the exception.