Hector Hugh Munro Quotes

By and large, our leaders don’t lie to us.

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

Twenty five years in Washington has taught me never to tell a lie to a reporter.

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.

It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interest of the country.

Washington could not tell a lie; Nixon could not tell the truth; Reagan cannot tell the difference.

In Washington the politicians lie on the record and tell the truth off the record. In the Middle East, it’s the opposite. They lie off the record, and tell the truth on the record.

In Washington telling the truth is a gaff.

Why is there so much resistance among people who work in the Government to the seemingly obvious fact that, in our democracy, if the Government lies, it will eventually get caught

Even the very best newspapers have never learned how to handle public figures who lie with a straight face.

Donald Trump treats the truth like a second home. He doesn't always live there.

I think anytime that somebody that works for the government lies, yes, they should be removed.

The truth is everything in the end. It is the greatest power in the world to make all people equal. If everyone knows what the truth is, no one can use lies to separate those people and turn them against one another.

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

I mean if you have ever found a politician who says, 'No, no, I would do everything exactly as I did,' then you can tell when he is lying because his lips are moving.

Any politician or campaigner trying to pull the wool over the eyes of the public won't get very far.

Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he certainly is among the most accomplished at it.

People are entitled to believe the government is constantly lying to them, but it isn't.

Truth is the ultimate power. When the truth comes around, all the lies have to run and hide.

There's good and bad everywhere in any aspect in life. The only people who we can't really trust are politicians. Because those guys lie to everybody and constantly.

Truth telling in politics is the mark of an inexperienced politician.

Secrecy in government, in the public mind, becomes synonymous with deception in government.

Oaths are crutches, upon which lies go.

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.

If you have to tell the truth about the fat content in a hamburger, why shouldn’t you have to tell the truth about another individual who is offering for public office.