Bill O'Reilly Quotes

We've had enough career politicians in Helena who think the people are here to serve them. It's supposed to be the other way around.

There aren’t many honest men or women in Washington anymore. Politicians get where they are by the sheer force of their egos, not their convictions. And you know what? It’s our fault as voters. We don’t demand better candidates, so we end up getting what we deserve—on both sides of the aisle.

American politicians do anything for money... English politicians take the money and won't do anything.

The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?

I've always had a kind of knee-jerk trust in my Government's basic integrity, whatever political blunders it may make. But I've come to realize that in Washington, deceiving and manipulating the public are viewed by some as the natural prerogatives of office.

I do not desire to be Minister of England; but while I am Minister of England I will hold office by no servile tenure; I will hold office unshackled by any other obligation than that of consulting the public interests and providing for the public safety.

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'm not a stone-thrower when it comes to Hillary Clinton and her emails and her server. I don't think there has been criminal intent on Hillary Clinton's part. I don't see an indictment.

The political groups who have taken the responsibility to elect Mr. Macron have been discredited.

What do you prefer? A prime minister obsessed with being popular, or a prime minister who does the job?

Whoever is running the country should not be in the pay of a foreign interest. The best way is to see tax returns.

People have completely lost confidence in our public officials in Jefferson City.

The public wants to know that their political leaders will stay true to the promise made to them that Brexit means Brexit.

Regardless of what side of the issue you are on, the release of the Mueller Report is essential to restoring faith in our government.

I believe a democracy needs men and women of conviction in its positions of leadership in order for us to succeed. That's the subject of 'A Perfect Candidate,' a film I made 20 years ago about Oliver North and Charles Robb.

I look at the corruption in Albany and we cannot accept that.

Any politician can talk about resuscitating public trust.

One of the reasons the American public holds unelected government officials in such low esteem is that they are never held accountable for their failures.

My grandfather... always used to say - I remember it really well - that he was proud to be a politician. He wanted to redeem that word.

I have never used my office for anything other than the purpose in which I hold it - to represent the people who sent me to Washington.

The consequences of turning a blind eye to government corruption go far beyond simply letting some corrupt politicians and bureaucrats walk free.

Mr Corbyn, I accuse you of failing to do your duty by not opposing in any real sense our government on the most important issue of our times - Brexit.

The good and the bad news is that politicians rarely do what they say they are going to do when they campaign.

Candidates run for election on campaign promises, but once they're elected they renege on those promises, which happened with President [Barack] Obama on Guantánamo, the surveillance programs and investigating the crimes of the Bush administration. These were very serious campaign promises that were not fulfilled.

Government never falls lower than when decent people dutifully excuse their leaders' sins.