Caroline Lucas 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 sorry to say I do doubt the honesty of many men that are called good at home, that have given themselves up to serve a party.

It is more important for Labour to raise the reputation of politics than for the Tories, who are only in politics for the money.

Unlike some politicians, I can admit to a mistake.

Party honesty is party expediency.

I never got into politics for it to be a career.

Politicians are part fake, part substance.

A man must have guts enough to fall out even with his friends .... The only way to play politics is not to play politics.

[Defining an honest politician:] ... a bastard who will stay bought.

No man can serve two masters. No man can serve his people and the [party] caucus.

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

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'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.

No one you'd really like to see in public office has the bad taste to run.

If you will refrain from telling any lies about the Republican Party, I'll promise not to tell the truth about the Democrats.

Statements of honesty in Washington can only go so far when you are employed.

I don’t care for the Presidency if it has to come by compromise with Senator Foraker. I would never strike a bargain to endorse a man who has consistently opposed the policies and programs of the Roosevelt Administration.

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 am not the type of politician who will tell you I am going to act for my own benefit. The answer is no, I will continue to serve the public.

I think really that you shouldn't run as a conservative if you're not.

Maybe its time for politicians to fight back a little bit in terms of this notion that politicians are all in it for themselves, we're all the same, we're not driven by sincere motives. Because the fact of the matter is the vast majority are.

What gets you out of bed in the morning? This is a question I'm often asked as a politician. It tends to be closely followed by a dozen other questions about what I'll do in 'x' scenario or whether I'll resign if 'y' happens.

Politicians... say what they say - you might get every now and again a genuine one, innit? But I think people, like, as a whole make the difference.

My family has always said... if you're going to get into politics, do it for the right reasons, not because you've got to carry on something.

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.