noun:someone who is active in government usually as an elected official
noun:a person experienced in the art or science of government
synonyms: statesman, cunning, politic
Movie quotes
(..) the village where the rebels are hidin'. Fifteen hundred people that I never met, never had no problem with, get killed. Now the politicians are sayin', "Oh, send in the marines to secure the area. " 'Cause they don't give a shit. It won't be their kid over there gettin' shot. (..)