12) Fish, Hamilton, 1849-1936, American politician and government official. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Fish, Hamilton, 1849–1936, American politician and government official, 1849-1936, 1888-1991, and 1926-96: see Fish, family....

13) Major, John, 1943-, British politician. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Major, John, 1943–, British politician, 1943-, British statesman, b. John Major Ball. Raised in a working-class area of London, he was elected to Lambeth borough...

14) 804. Wynand Malan, South African politician. Simpson s Contemporary Quotations. 1988
...NUMBER: 804 AUTHOR: Wynand Malan, South African politician QUOTATION: I did not clash with the National Party, I clashed with my conscience. And in the end, conscience...

15) XIX. Choosing his Successor. Thayer, William Roscoe. 1919. Theodore Roosevelt
...CRITICS frequently remark that Roosevelt was the most masterful politician of his time, and what we have already seen of his career should justify this assertion....

16) 61739. Truman, Harry S. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996
...NUMBER:61739 QUOTATION:A politician is a man who understands government and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman is a politician who's been dead...

17) Weak-kneed Christian or Politician (A). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...Irresolute; not thorough; a Laodicean, neither hot nor cold. 1 "If any weak-kneed Churchman, now hesitating between his [political] party and his Church, is trying...

18) 1405. Harry S. Truman (1884-1972). Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989
...Harry S. Truman (1884-1972) I'm proud that I'm a politician. A politician is a man who understands government, and it takes a politician to run a government. A statesman...

19) Blue-apron Statesman (A). Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...A lay politician, a tradesman who interferes with the affairs of the nation. The reference is to the blue apron once worn by almost all tradesmen, but now restricted...

20) Quidnunc. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898
...A political Paul Pry, a pragmatical village politician; a political botcher or jobber. Quidnunc is the chief character in Murphy s farce of The Upholsterer, or What...