Our politicians are known for their gaffes, mistakes and on occasion downright dishonesty. But sometimes they come up with memorable sayings - for either the right or wrong reasons - and sometimes genuinely inspiring stuff. Here are your top ten political quotes from a range of politicians past and present:
- We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.
- Winston Churchill
- Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy
- The lady's not for turning.
- Margaret Thatcher
- I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.
- Charles De Gaulle
- You teach a child to read and he or her will be able to pass a literacy test.
- George W Bush
- Now is not the time for soundbytes. I can feel the hand of history on my shoulder.
- Tony Blair
- It's no exaggeration to say that the undecideds could go one way or another.
- George Bush
- The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.
- Franklin P. Adams
- I did not have sexual relations with that woman.
- Bill Clinton
- You are the deals-on-wheels Prime Minister - no wonder the Chancellor is not a happy eater!
- Michael Howard
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