Political Longevity Quotes

If we do not adhere firmly to the constitution, our governments will not last long and will change frequently.

The only way to get anywhere in Congress is to stay there and let seniority take its course.

Four years is a long time in politics.

The longer you're here [in Congress] the better seniority looks.

Presidents by six years have been there long enough for the media and the country to see their flaws.

The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.

It's important to be qualified, but if election 2016 is a resume competition, then Hillary Clinton's gonna be the next president, because she's been in office and in government longer than anybody else.

It wasn't until after I was reelected in 1982 that I thought of myself as a long-term member of Congress.

Even as a partisan Republican, I'm not sure a 40-year run is healthy for either party.

I have completed 43 years in politics and have been a minister of state, chief minister, and a Cabinet minister. A person who survives so many years is bound to face some attacks. It doesn't affect me because I know the truth.

In Israel politics, four years is like 400 years in Europe.

I read this morning that he's [Saddam Hussein] also said the love that the Iraqis have for him is so much greater than anything Americans feel for their President because he's been loved for 35 years, he says, the whole 35 years.

The old politician maintain the chair for a lot of decades. So if we will lose the referendum, this is not a problem for me. It's a problem for the new generation of Italians. Because it's a lost opportunity.

Arizona Senator John McCain announced that he plans on running for a sixth term because he is concerned about the nation's security. He plans to help just like any other 80-year-old: by sitting on his porch with a police scanner.

Musharraf and his own government, his close advisers, they have been untainted by sort of any serious allegation of corruption and they have been in power now for three years, which -- and in the context of Pakistan is a bit of a record, you know? I mean there are not too many governments who have achieved that

Old politicians chew on wisdom past, And totter on in business to the last.

Four years in the White House and two presidential campaigns is an awful long time. In politics, every year in the White House is like dog years, six years off your life.

A party is good for about 20 years. Then it runs our of money and runs out of men.

I entered politics in 1967; since then, continuously, I am getting elected... Fortunately I never lost the elections.

What would you be like if you had white hair and had not given up your principles? It might be wise as you deal with coalition efforts to think about the possibilities of going for fifty years.

Dictators are not strategists in the way I normally use that term. All the dictator cares about is survival. That means constantly worrying about the tactical response, "What do I do today, tonight, tomorrow morning, to stay alive?" Vladimir Putin doesn't care what happens a year or five years from now. He just cares about staying in the game. That is all he needs to survive.

I’m planning to stay in politics now, but, you know, George Burns worked until he was 100. I don’t know. I don’t want to be a Senator until I’m honored.

When a man once gets a start holding office, it is nearly always necessary to finally choke him off.

Politicians are good listeners. Because if they're not, they aren't politicians for very long.

Usually, you know how politicians are. Whenever they are around, you will see at least 10-15 people by their side. But with Kamal Haasan, that's not the case.