Cenk Uygur Quotes

The hardest thing to do in politics is campaign as someone you aren't. People can spot an imposter from a mile away.

I am not a politician. A politician is someone who does things to get elected. He's a guy who says things to please the public, that he thinks the public wants to hear, and his story changes with every passing day. I want to be elected, but I am not going to say a damn thing for your benefit, or that person's benefit out there on the street, or anybody's

I think the truth is always interesting, but with politicians, you don't get to see much of that.

I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda.

I suppose that an honest man shines more in politics than he does elsewhere.

You can be a namby-pamby leftie, a gun-toting neo-con, or a soft, indecisive moderate. I really don't care. Just don't lie to me.

I think what is important, whether you are Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders, is to embrace and own your identity. I think that's not political. That's good in life, and it certainly is the best way to be when you are running for office. If you don't do that, the voters will see through it.

I think most politicians could take a dodgeball in the face.

This idea that you can't be an honest man and a Washington politician is a myth, a crock made up by sellouts and careerist hacks who don't stand for anything and are impatient with people who do. It's possible to do this job with honor and dignity.

Most politicians are not authentic.

Politicians are part fake, part substance.

Presidential politics has to be about truth telling and not pandering to the public.

There is nothing more frightening to a political satirist than an honest administration.

An honest man in politics shines more there than he would elsewhere.

I don't think that political history is full of a whole lot of tremendously honest people. I have never found any fault about that as far as Mr. Trump is concerned in my relationship with him.

I wasn't out there pretending I was a conservative Democrat. I'm somebody who has talked a lot about and has done the act of running as who you are.

If you hang around political talkers or strategists much, you're likely to hear a lot about authenticity. This is supposed to be the golden currency which we all look for in our leaders.

People want to see politicians who are not afraid to speak the truth. They want them to be honest, no matter how uncomfortable it is.

Why do millennials like Bernie Sanders so much? I love that this is a mystery to Washington. It's the authenticity, stupid.

You are who you are, and in politics, if you stay who you are, you do better.

It only takes a politician believing in what he says for the others to stop believing him.

Living in Washington, you can't take politics too seriously. I draw the line at honesty. I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to.

I could never be a career politician, because I believe in telling the truth.

For too long, Democrats have been telling people what they want to hear. I'm going to tell you what I believe.

I am who I am. In politics when you treat people well and they know you're honest, straight and sincere, I think it's an advantage. Just because somebody comes from a hard-boiled political culture doesn't make him a good U.S. senator.