Malcolm Wallop Quotes

People are very upset with Washington. They're upset with Democrats. They're upset with Republicans. They're upset with the establishment.

The Blair government has lowered the standing of politics and politicians in our country.

Then you get to the last half of the 20th century, Americans are getting very skeptical about their leaders and their institutions, and another place that is affected is parties and conventions.

If the President says, oh, Washington's got to change, and people are doubting whether my change can really happen, I think instead what the public's begun to see is the change they're seeing is not the change they voted for.

We in the Hispanic community are truly tired of both the Democrats and the Republicans promising all of these things during the campaigns and then forgetting about it after the campaigns are over.

Americans expect too much of politics.

Politics in America is like stale bread. It's so yada yada that the best among us can hardly stand it.

People don't trust party leaders.

There's a great public disinclination toward politicians.

EMILY's List has worked a lot with swing women voters over the years, and one thing we've learned is that they are very cynical about politics and politicians. They very much want help with the challenges facing them and their families, and they feel like most politicians don't understand or want to lift a finger to help them out.

What drew me to politics in the first place was the fact that I wanted to have a place to take a stand and use my voice to express what I believed in. But I've no longer got any political aspirations. I feel that as a politician, fifty per cent of people would hate you before you even left the house.

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

It's a big deal for me to say I'm over politics.

The American people are sick and tired of this 'lesser evil' garbage they get fed every election year. Both the Democrats and the Republicans do the same evils once they're in office.

Politics itself is not sacred any more.

I've never been disappointed by politicians. I've never invested that much in them in the first place.

People don't like politicians.

I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.

I don't fancy myself a political commentator. I hate politics. I hate it.

The mistrust of government that blossomed in the late '60s has become a chronic and in some ways pathological condition.

It is true what is said in Washington - 'No matter how cynical you get, it's never enough to catch up.'

A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature.

Public perception of the Westminster arena, with all its posturings, does little to engender a sense of voter belief.

Political ignorance helps explain Americans' perpetual disappointment with politicians generally, and presidents especially, to whom voters unrealistically attribute abilities to control events.

Populism has had as many incarnations as it has had provocations, but its constant ingredient has been resentment, and hence whininess. Populism does not wax in tranquil times; it is a cathartic response to serious problems. But it always wanes because it never seems serious as a solution.