Andre Aciman Quotes

There will be scandals. There will be scandals. And then maybe we can reform again.

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

I was a guy who trusted the government. Now, I don't trust a damn thing they do.

Public trust in both government and corporations is low, and deservedly so.

Egypt is going through difficult times and we cannot allow it to carry on.

Politicians are so detested. And the main cause is not policy; it's the fact that there is no trust.

I hold them [politicians] in contempt for the reason that they enact laws, further social engineering, do anything to get elected, couldn't care less about the wishes of the people and make horrible mistakes along the way when they do get in office. If there is anyone the most ignorant about issues it is a politician. A plague on all their houses!

We don’t trust the U. S. government.

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.

The problem comes from the lack of transparency and accountability of government.

Both sides are so corrupt in Haiti that it doesn’t matter which one wins.

I've been concerned about ethics in government for a long time. And the problems we've had under President Trump are only indicative of the longer-term problem of the erosion of public office and government.

Any politician can talk about resuscitating public trust.

The fundamental challenge is that people like me simply do not trust the federal government any longer.

Everybody keeps saying that India's a poor country. Yes, we have poverty. But I blame the government of India, the political establishment, for their failure to educate and therefore their failure to control the poverty.

Objective journalism is one of the main reasons that American politics has been allowed to be so corrupt for so long.

I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, at any level of government, is caught lying to any member of the public for any reason, the punishment shall be death by public hanging.

It is true that Egypt's attempt at democracy after the 2011 revolution encountered many obstacles in governance and infrastructure.

The infrastructure, institutions and social fabric of Venezuela are deteriorating, and people realize the Chavez government has been the problem, not the solution.

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

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.

What we are missing, utterly and completely, in this government is accountability.

I ask the vice president to stop dodging the issue with legalese, and acknowledge his continued ties with Halliburton to the American people.

I'm sure corruption in Chechnya is minimal.

It shouldn't take extreme courage and a willingness to go to prison for decades or even life to blow the whistle on bad government acts done in secret. But it does. And that is an immense problem for democracy, one that all journalists should be united in fighting.