Politicians
- Peter Smith (Canadian politician) (born c. 1870s), Canadian politician involved in the Ontario Bond Scandal
- Peter Smith (diplomat) (born 1942), Governor of the Cayman Islands, 1999–2002
- Peter Smith, Baron Smith of Leigh (born 1945), leader of Wigan council and member of the House of Lords
- Peter J. Smith (Wisconsin politician), member of the Wisconsin State Senate
- Peter Plympton Smith (born 1945), lieutenant-governor and congressman from Vermont, president of California State University, Monterey Bay
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Famous quotes containing the word politicians:
“I’ve always wondered why European politicians as a group seemed brighter than American politicians as a group. Maybe it’s because many American politicians have the race issue to fall back on. They become lazy, suspicious of innovative ideas, and as a result American institutions atrophy.”
—Ishmael Reed (b. 1938)
“The last best hope of earth, two trillion dollars in debt, is spinning out of control, and all we can do is stare at a flickering cathode-ray tube as Ollie “answers” questions on TV while the press, resolutely irrelevant as ever, asks politicians if they have committed adultery. From V-J Day 1945 to this has been, my fellow countrymen, a perfect nightmare.”
—Gore Vidal (b. 1925)
“Wit puts politicians at risk.”
—Mason Cooley (b. 1927)