Walter Lippmann Quotes

Nixon was the beginning of people not trusting politics.

Nobody really believes any more that government delivers.

There's a great public disinclination toward politicians.

People hate politicians. And I can understand why.

I think there are certain folks in Missouri that don't trust government. And they haven't trusted government for a long time.

When people stand up and talk about the great success that the EU has been, I'm not sure anybody saying it really believes it themselves anymore.

The mistrust of government that blossomed in the late '60s has become a chronic and in some ways pathological condition.

It is true what is said in Washington - 'No matter how cynical you get, it's never enough to catch up.'

I'm not saying that all politicians are awful. I don't know any of them well enough to say whether they're awful or not. But almost every day, you find out something about them that's appalling. Maybe we shouldn't be surprised any longer.

Public perception of the Westminster arena, with all its posturings, does little to engender a sense of voter belief.

Most people don't realize, I really have no faith in politics. I'm not a politician. If I thought you could change human hearts by laws, I would, but I don't.

Bull permeates everything.... American people think politics and politicians are full of baloney.

I'm not disillusioned with Clinton. I never had any illusions.

Parliamentarianism is nauseating to anyone who has ever seen it at close range.

A politician is an arse upon which every one has sat except a man.

Don’t vote. it only encourages the bastards.

A lot of young people don't have a lot of faith in politicians. You can't depend on what they say. They talk in circles. They don't speak the kind of language that has truth to them. I'm speaking differently.

I think politicians nationwide have earned a reputation sometimes that is very unfavorable because they will say things and then do something else when they get into office.

Maybe we're kind of predisposed to think that anything a politician does is calculated and therefore suspect.

I don't usually admire Sarah Palin, but when she was making fun of this 'hopey changey stuff,' she was right: there was nothing there.

I'm no longer a believer in politicians endorsing other politicians.

One of the things I endeavor to remind people of consistently when I am asked to speak to groups around the country is to consider the possibility that we are led by a pack of idiots. This is not out of any animus toward our leadership class, but borne out of experience.

The people of Alabama are fed up. They are tired of politicians who lie to them, and they are sick of elected officials who've been in Washington so long they've forgotten why they ran in the first place.

Politics for me is when I feel a personal engagement between people: I don't trust politicians.

People who believe in politics are like people who believe in God: they are sucking wind through bent straws.