Zac Goldsmith Quotes

All my trust in the politicians had been rubbed away.

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

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

I've had a lot of disappointments. I think my biggest disappointment is the failure of elected officials to make good on their promises in regards to the environment or anything else, really. I have very little faith in politicians.

Too many Americans mistrust their government. And unnecessary government secrecy feeds this mistrust.

I think all politicians lie.

I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons.

An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.

I find politicians globally are somewhat disappointing, not just in Ireland.

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

I entered Parliament with what I thought to be the lowest possible opinion of the average member. I came out with one still lower.

Surely we don’t want the President to lie, we don’t want our senators to lie, we don’t want our congressmen to lie. But sometimes they do.

Evidence that has surfaced has cast a black cloud of distrust over our entire society. Our citizens do not know whom to believe, and many of them have concluded that all the processes of government have become so compromised that honest government has been rendered impossible.

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.

It's unbearable to see the people betrayed time and again by politicians who don't keep their promises and by the technocrats at the European Union.

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

People don't trust party leaders.

I have a sustained distrust for all politicians, even those with whom I agree on more issues than not.

The problem with Egypt is that there is no public trust. There is no trust, period.

Here's what we [Americans] need: a 30 second you tube video of some guy at a party constantly checking out everyone else at the party, while he pretends to be speaking to the other person. We're the other person. The guy are the politicians. And the distraction is the corruption: We need a Congress that can afford to talk to us. For at least one drink or so.

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

No public man can be just a little crooked.

Well, purity - there's no purity in politics.

I'm not going to reduce the choices of Canadians at the ballot box by backroom deals or secret arrangements. I think that's a cause for cynicism more than anything else.

There are, believe it or not, good politicians.