Bill Hicks Quotes

All governments lie, including our own—under Democrats and Republicans.

I hate politics. What they say and what they do is completely different.

Politicians, it's in their job description to just lie, every day.

Let me say this: I'm paranoid of the government. They've lost my trust. They've lied to me so many times that I don't know what to believe from them anymore.

Bull permeates everything.... American people think politics and politicians are full of baloney.

The political elite has never told the truth.

It seems that in the world of politics, lying is not such a big deal.

There is a lot of spinning and a lot of lying in our times—in politics, in government, in sports and everywhere. It’s gotten to the point where … you no longer believe the first version of anything. It wasn’t always that way. I guess it started for me with Vietnam, when the establishment felt it had to lie to justify a policy that as it turned out was never going to work.

...the West has its share of liars and poseurs, the ablest of whom congregate in government.

My dear fellow citizens: For forty years you have heard from my predecessors on this day different variations of the same theme: how our country flourished, how many millions of tons of steel we produced, how happy we all were, how we trusted our government, and what bright perspectives were unfolding in front of us. I assume you did not propose me for this office so that I, too, would lie to you.

Campaigns waged with lies presage governments racked by distrust. The sclerosis starts there.

Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

You can't blame anyone for being cynical about politicians.

In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.

WikiLeaks is exposing our government officials for the frauds that they are. They also show us how governments work together to lie to their citizens when they are waging war.

I think all politicians lie.

Washington, DC is to lying what Wisconsin is to cheese.

I was a guy who trusted the government. Now, I don't trust a damn thing they do.

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

People are entitled to believe the government is constantly lying to them, but it isn't.

So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years, and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was surprised! A little naive, I feel!

I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything to do with.

Politicians often lie.

Politician is a term of reproach.

In friendships, you expect total trust; in business you expect some dishonesty. But in politics, you not only expect distortion as a way of life but accept it with pleasure.