List of political catchphrases

""הם לא נחמדים" ("They are not so nice") - said by Prime Minister Golda Meir regarding the Israeli Black Panthers protest movement."

""יתנו, יקבלו. לא יתנו, לא יקבלו" ("If they (the palestinians) will give, they will get. If they won't give, they won't get") - used during the 1996 election campaign by Benjamin Netanyahu, at the peak of the Peace Process started after the Oslo accords."

""הם מ-פ-ח-ד-י-ם" ("They are s-c-a-r-e-d") - Used several times by Benjamin Netanyahu to ridicule his Labour opponents."

""?אני לוזר" ("Am I a loser?") - question asked by Shimon Peres in a speech in a Labour Party meeting in 1997, after he lost his 6th election in a row. The crowd shouted "Yes!"."

""מייד'לע, ראית פעם גבר סורג גרביים? אז אישה לא יכולה להיות טייסת קרב" ("Meidele (Yiddish for "honey"), have you ever seen a man darning socks? So therefore a woman cannot be a combat pilot") - said by former President and former Air Force commandant Ezer Weizman in a phone conversation with Alice Miller, a soldier who successfully petitioned the High Court to force the Israeli Air Force to open its pilots' course to women in 1994."

""אני ראש ממשלה לא פופולרי" ("I'm not a very popular Prime Minister") - said by Prime minister Ehud Olmert following reports that his approval rate is plummeting."

""Mi consenta" ("Allow me") - said by Silvio Berlusconi"

""Capra ignorante!!" ("You ignorant goat!") - said by Vittorio Sgarbi"

""Il potere logora chi non ce l'ha" ("Power tires only those who do not have it")- attributed to Giulio Andreotti"

""Riconosco i miei limiti ma non vivo in un mondo di giganti" ("I recognize my limits but when I look around I realise I am not living exactly in a world of giants.")- said by Giulio Andreotti"

""Ho troppa stima per l'intelligenza degli italiani per credere che ci possono essere in giro tanti coglioni che votano per il proprio disinteresse" ("I esteem too much the intelligence of the Italians to believe that there can be so many assholes around, voting against their own interest") - said by Silvio Berlusconi"

"Šikau ir tapšnojau" (approx. "I took a dump and patted it with my hand") – uttered by President Rolandas Paksas during private conversation on phone. It was intercepted and revealed to the public by the authorities during corruption investigation. The phrase should be understood as: "I couldn't care less"

""Aš neatsistatydinsiu!" ("I will not resign!") - the standard phrase of President Rolandas Paksas, constantly repeated both before and after his impeachment"

""Bersih, Cekap dan Amanah" (Clean, Efficient and Trustworthy) Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's popular repeating catchphrase."

""Dasar Pandang ke Timur" (Look East Policy) Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's popular repeating catchphrase."

""Wawasan 2020" (Vision 2020) Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's popular repeating catchphrase."

""Bangsa Malaysia" (Malaysian nation) Former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad's popular repeating catchphrase."

""Un político pobre, es un pobre político" (A politician that is poor is a poor politician) — Carlos Hank González, old-guard politician and Forbes listed billionaire from Mexico's PRI (the then long-time ruling party) commenting on Mexico's crop of hugely enriched politicians (of which he was a prime example)."

""La política es como las fotos: el que se mueve, no sale" (Politics is like photography; if you move, you won't show up) — Fidel Velázquez, old-guard politician and worker's union corrupt leader, commenting on how inaction is often a better recipe in politics (especially old-style Mexican politics)."

""Vivir fuera del presupuesto, es vivir en el error" (To live away from the budget is to live in error)"

""Ciertamente..." (Certainly...) — The most famous catchphrase of Vicente Fox, used in all his speeches several times."

""¿Y yo por qué?" (Why me?) — Response by Vicente Fox when confronted by CNI Canal 40 television workers to take action on their TV channel assault by TV Azteca."

""...Y a otra cosa, mariposa" — A popular rhyme literally meaning "to another thing, butterfly", roughly equivalent to "moving right along"; used by Vicente Fox to change subjects when confronted by a delicate matter."

""Lo que el presidente quiso decir..." (What the president meant...) — Phrase constantly used by President Fox's spokesman Rubén Aguilar, trying to amend the president's common unfortunate statements."

""Comes y te vas" (You eat and then you leave) — Very popular phrase by journalist Mario Marín referring to the incident in which President Vicente Fox called Fidel Castro asking him to quietly leave after lunch in the 2002 UNO summit at Monterrey. The telephone recording was later made public by Fidel Castro ridiculing President Fox, much to the delight of many Mexican people."

""Haiga sido como haiga sido" Felipe Calderón"

""If we publicly declare that Cuba is a threat to our security, 40 million Mexicans will die laughing." -Mexican ambassador to the United States, in response to the Kennedy administration's 1961 call to collective action against Cuba."

""At your service" – Pim Fortuyn, populist politician a few months before his assassination."

""Congressen kopen geen straaljagers" (Party conferences don't purchase fighter jets) – Henk Vredeling, Defense minister Labour Party PvdA."

""Fatsoen moet je doen" (Decency is imperative) – Jan-Peter Balkenende, Prime Minister, Christian-Democratic party."

""In geouwehoer kun je niet wonen."(You can't live in bullshit.) – Jan Schaefer, a socialist politician venting his opinion on Amsterdam's housing policies in the seventies."

""Fascisme is een sfeer die hangt in een zaal vol linkse mensen." (Facism is the atmosphere in a room full of left wing people ) Godfried Bomans"

""Het zijn wel ónze kut-Marokkanen." (But they are our fucking Moroccans) Job Cohen, mayor of Amsterdam, rephrasing Rob Oudkerk, an alderman in that city"

""Laten wij blij zijn! (...) Die VOC-mentaliteit om over grenzen heen te kijken is weer terug! Dynamiek! Toch?" (Let us be happy! (...) The spirit of the East India Company to look across borders is back! Dynamics! Right?) - Jan Peter Balkenende, prime minister of the Netherlands, during the 2007 budget debate in Parliament."

""Gaat u maar rustig slapen." (Just go to sleep peacefully) - According to popular belief, prime minister Hendrikus Colijn said these words in a radio speech on the eve on the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940. In reality, Colijn was not prime minister anymore by then. The phrase refers to a radio speech by Colijn in March 1936 in which he reacted on the remilitarization of the Rhineland. In this speech Colijn said: Ik verzoek den luisteraars dan ook om, wanneer zij straks hunne legersteden opzoeken, even rustig te gaan slapen als zij ook andere nachten doen. Er is voorshands geen enkele reden om ongerust te zijn. (That is why I would like to ask the listeners to sleep as tranquilly as they do on other nights, when they turn into their beds shortly. For the moment there is no reason whatsoever to be alarmed)"

""Willen we naar de Dam? Dan gáán we naar de Dam!" (Do we want to [march to] Dam Square? Then we will!) - trade union leader Herman Bode during a trade union manifestation on 4 March 1980."

""[I am forced reluctantly to say that I had to listen to] an orchestrated litany of lies.", Justice Peter Mahon, accusing Air New Zealand of a cover-up after the crash of Air New Zealand Flight 901"

""It doesn't give my opponents much time to run up to an election, does it?" Prime Minister Robert Muldoon on 14 June 1984 when announcing a snap election for 14 July, in reply to a reporter commenting the date didn't give him much time to run an election campaign."

""And I'm going to give it to you if you hold your breath just for a moment … I can smell the uranium on it as you lean forward", New Zealand Prime Minister David Lange, in reply to a negating debater arguing that "Nuclear Weapons Are Morally Indefensible" on 1 March 1985."

""Bugger the pollsters", Prime Minister Jim Bolger after the 1993 general election preliminary count showed a hung parliament, despite opinion polls suggesting a comfortable win to his National Party."

""Gone by lunchtime", attributed to opposition leader Don Brash referring to New Zealand's anti-nuclear policy if he gained government."

""I think most New Zealanders...", often used by New Zealand Prime Minister John Key in interview situations."

""Roti, Kapra aur Makaan" (Bread, cloth & shelter) – Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto/Pakistan Peoples Party, former prime minister and president of Pakistan in the 70's."

""Enlightened Moderation" – Pervez Musharraf, former Army Chief and President of Pakistan."

""Sab se pehle Pakistan" (Pakistan First) – Pervez Musharraf, former Army Chief and President of Pakistan."

""Parha Likha Punjab" (Educated/Literate Punjab) – Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi, former Chief Minister of Punjab & co-president of Pakistan Muslim League (Q)."

""Qarz utaro, Mulk sanwaro" (Pay the debt, Develop the country) – Nawaz Sharif, former Prime Minister of Pakistan & President of Pakistan Muslim League (N)."

""Democracy is the best revenge" – Benazir Bhutto/Pakistan Peoples Party, former prime minister of Pakistan."

""We'll eat grass, but we'll make a nuclear bomb". -Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, in reference to Pakistan's nuclear programme"

""The Filipino is worth dying for." - Benigno Aquino, Jr., former Philippine senator and opposition leader against dictator Ferdinand Marcos."