Michael Moore Quotes

Do after election as before election you said you would.

Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing.

I have supported a great many who promised to do things that I thought ought to be done, who proved faithless to their promises.

My dad told me something long before I was in politics, and when your dad gives you advice every single day, eventually one or two of the things stick in your mind. And he said, don't believe what people say, believe what they do.

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

People shouldn't be interested in me. They should be interested in me if I'm not doing what I promise.

A prince never lacks legitimate reasons to break his promise.

People like to hear promises.

Take the pledge and after you’re elected, do whatever you want.

A politician is well-qualified if his promises are, too.

If we promise as public officials, we must deliver.

Yesterday's promise, like tomorrow's never comes.

I will make the further pledge now that if I find that I cannot keep my pledges I will resign.

The President has kept all the promises he intended to keep.

Our government should not make promises we cannot keep. And we must keep the promises we have already made.

From my experience with 5 presidential elections, candidates sometimes say things when campaigning that they don't necessacerily do when they are governing.

It is of considerable importance that politicians stick to their commitments or do not make such commitments in the first place.

I think Paul Martin doesn't mean what he says. He said he would clear this sort of thing up and he didn't do it.

If you can't keep a promise to your family, can't keep a promise to your wife, you're having an affair, you're lying about the affair repeatedly. Why should the American people trust you when you say you're not gonna lie to them. Why should we trust you?

Others may make you promises, once again, and then election after election not deliver. We will not do this.

Never promise more than you can perform.

The Republican National Committee hired me, and they hired me because they wanted someone who could look members straight in the eye and tell them the truth.

When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.

We cannot have another experience like we've had in my freshman class, of people saying one thing and doing another.

So you know, I think that the federal government, the Democrats, and President Obama are selling a lot of hope and change, but no delivery of any of those promises.