Paul Kelly Quotes

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.

People know something has gone terribly wrong with our government and it has gotten so far off track. But people also know that there is nothing wrong in America that a good old-fashioned election can't fix.

Politics makes me sick.

Politics disgusts me.

Politics is broken.

… our representative system has failed.

If you’ve ever been in politics, I don’t want to vote for you.

The problem with Egypt is that there is no public trust. There is no trust, period.

It's not a secret that we have a crisis in confidence in public institutions in our country.

I personally believe that Donald Trump being elected president is a national emergency and a crisis that stems from a great cascade of failures.

The misgovernment of the American people is misgovernment by the American people.

Barack Obama is a threat to the continued existence of the United States, and he must be impeached, or resign.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

I don't get involved in politics. I think that it is a waste of time and money because very often a politician cannot do much, and if you give him money, you embarrass him, so he can't do anything.

Bad politicians are sent to Washington by good people who don't vote.

I think we are dying in America, I think our democracy is over.

Debate is almost non-existent and no one is apparently accountable to anybody apart from their political party bosses. It is bad news for democracy in this country.

Law has become a business. Health care has become a business. Unfortunately, politics has also become a business. That really undermines society.

The last two elections were stolen. They were stolen and so we will not rest until we reclaim our democracy and this is what today is all about.

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

Our politics has been greatly impacted, for the worse, by big money and the concentration of big money.

I've lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that's a lot of folly to witness up close. Whatever confidence and optimism I felt towards the central government when I got here on January 1, 1970 has pretty much dissipated at the hands of the government.

Democracy is losing its followers. In our country everything is weakening. The money is weak. Democracy is weak and politicians are very weak. Everything that is weak dies one day.

The evils we experience flow from an excess of democracy.

I wouldn't trust [Richard] Nixon from here to that phone.