Robert Teeter Quotes

A political convention is not a place where you can come away with any trace of faith in human nature.

People aren't as stupid as the politicians think. More and more of us are laughing off our 'civic duty' to vote, rejecting the role of compulsory constituent.

The political satirist usually votes against their own interests, but the bottom line is that it doesn't really matter.

People are sick of the false choice between the established political parties who take voters for granted.

Voters seem to understand what a big waste of time trying to change Washington is.

I don't believe there are heroes or saviours in politics.

It would be really hard to get serious about anything political today unless it was a joke.

The characteristic political attitude of today is not one of positive belief, but of despair.

I probably owe my political dismay to New Labour, but also my growing sense that the satirical shape of human affairs is international and historical, not glued to the tawdry ambitions of a team of politicians who represent nothing but themselves.

I've never been disappointed by politicians. I've never invested that much in them in the first place.

I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.

But generally speaking, I felt to engage in the political process was to sully oneself to such a degree that whatever came out wasn't worth the trouble put in.

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

People don't believe that any politician is any different from any other one.

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

The idea of politics is just so uninteresting to me - I've never paid much attention to it. I don't believe things can really change. It doesn't matter who's president. Nothing really gets resolved. I don't know. I guess that's not the right attitude to take.

I may have grown cynical from long service, but this is a tendency I do not like, and I sometimes think I'd rather be a dog and bay at the moon than stay in the Senate another six years and listen to it.

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

One of the reasons why voters are turned off is the process [of modern presidential campaigns].

[Describing "political alienation:" The feeling that politics is a racket for a few insiders and is meaningless to the rest of the people.

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

People don't really like anyone. It is the crisis of our young democracy

Hopeless people do not vote. They don’t think that they can change anything anymore.

I think people are tired of politics as usual. We're tired of everything being scripted; we're tired of every comment being politically correct.

Silence is not what democracy needs. Right now we have an election where, even the supporters of Hillary Clinton, the majority don't support Hillary; they just oppose Donald Trump. And the majority of Donald Trump supporters don't support him; they just oppose Hillary.