Dan Crenshaw Quotes

Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That's the only way you can get elected.

When I got into politics, it was a shock. People promise all sorts of things and then never deliver.

Political pandering comes in all shapes and sizes, but every four years the presidential primary bring us in contact with its purest form - praising ethanol subsidies amid the corn fields of Iowa.

Because all of us believe and understand in the fabric of the common bond of why we call ourselves American is to care for the men and women who wear the uniform; and when they take off the uniform, we care for them when they are veterans.

The Veterans Administration is a scandal. It's corrupt, and what's going on is a disgrace. And, believe me, if I win, if I become president, that will end. The veterans will be treated properly.

I've never met a politician I haven't wanted to walk away from, and I've yet to hear a politician speak and actually believe the words coming out of his mouth.

Voters never grow weary of illusory promises.

Promise all that is asked and more if you can think of anything. Offer to build a bridge or a church, to divide a county, create a batch of new offices, make a turnpike, or anything they like. Promises cost nothing, therefore deny nobody who has a vote.

[His key to politics:] Bread and circuses. Panem et circenses.

If he [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] became convinced tomorrow that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he so sorely needs, he would begin fattening a missionary on the White House backyard come Wednesday.

How easy it is for a politician to forget that he is not usually saying anything at all.

When is not a good time to speak up for our vets and support them in any way that we can?

As long as I am in office I will always ensure our veterans and military have every tool at their disposal that they need. We must honor and support them in every way that we can.

Our family lives military and veterans issues in a way few others do.

I hate to rain on anyone's parade or burst the enthusiasm bubble, but talk is especially cheap during an election season.

If the incumbent or his party has been discredited sufficiently, the challenger can run a successful, content-free campaign.

A lot of times, politicians will go to where their strongest force is and do things for them, and that's the type of thing they do that I find offensive.

I personally never expected anything of Obama, and wrote about it before the 2008 primaries. I thought it was smoke and mirrors.

When you hear politicians who won't fix the broken system talk about expanding it, don't buy it.

I'm one of those old cynics that thinks, whoever you vote for, the government always gets in.

The political classes are despised when they deal in sound bites, embrace tokenistic campaigns and feather their own nests while trying to please all of the people all of the time.

Veterans Affairs (VA) is a mess of a government agency and too often abuses the rights and interests of veterans it is supposed to protect.

Taking care of our veterans is one of my top priorities, and I am especially concerned on behalf of our women veterans.

It is also our responsibility to fulfill our promises to our veterans, to help those in need, and to support their strength and resilience. Ensuring that we take care of them and their families is a responsibility entrusted to all of us.

Politics are the same old thing. We elect people, we put them in office, and guess what they do? They sell us out. They sell us down the river, and we pay for it.