Josh Billings Quotes

They lied, they cheated, they stole, they had the power to do it and they did.

To plunder, to lie, to show your ass, are the three essentials for climbing high.

Two forms of government are favorable to the prevalence of falsehood and deceit. Under a Despotism, men are false, treacherous, and deceitful through fear, like slaves dreading the lash. Under a Democracy they are so as a means of attaining popularity and office, and because of the greed for wealth.

The political arena leaves one no alternative, one must either be a dunce or a rogue.

I lie, I cheat, and I steal.

Politics is so corrupt that even the dishonest people get fucked.

In Indian politics, deception seems a byword. I'll have none of that.

Nearly everyone who chooses to work for Donald Trump is disreputable in one way or another; Ali Baba didn't find 40 wise men in the cave. But to label everyone in Trumpworld a grifter misses important subtleties. It conflates grifters and grafters, and it ignores the crucial distinction between the two.

Inauthenticity is endemic in American politics today. The political backrooms where I spent much of my career were just as benighted as my personal life, equally crowded with shadowy strangers and compromises, truths I hoped to deny. I lived not in one closet but in many.

Nixon was so crooked that he needed servants to help him screw his pants on every morning.

I think all politicians lie.

Nick plays a corrupt politician, which is kind of a redundant statement.

There are probably several hundred thousand if we narrow the definition to include only those who in their search for money and power are ruthless and deceitful.

All those men have their price.

But human nature dictates that there will always be cheaters. That's inevitable. Where there's money involved and glory, there are going to be people that cheat, and there will always be ways to cheat.

Lying, stealing, and cheating are commonplace.

There is hardly a single person in the House of Commons worth painting; though many of them would be better for a little whitewashing.

Meese was a sleaze.

The diplomat holds all acts honorable which bring him success, all things are righteous which serve his ends. If cheating is necessary, he will cheat; if lying is useful, he will lie; if bribery helps, he will bribe; if murder serves, he will order murder; if burglary, seduction, arson or forgery brings success nearer, all and each of these will be done.

Under every stone lurks a politician

The first sign of corruption in a society ... is that the ends justify the means.

A political career brings out the basest qualities in human nature.

Most of us in Congress steal our speeches.

Ronald Reagan is not a typical politician because he doesn't know how to lie, cheat, and steal. He's always had an agent for that.

… the most corrupt of all corrupt men.