Laura Ingraham Quotes

Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change?

The Blair government has lowered the standing of politics and politicians in our country.

But, as we've seen over the last several months, the people in this country are very dissatisfied with the direction that this administration is taking this country. And what we heard last night was absolutely the ignoring of that fact. It was: We're going to continue with this agenda. In fact, we're going to double down on healthcare.

In most of the countries where the people don’t like their government, we are now allowed to ask whether people like their government.

We live at a time when people do not have much trust in government.

Erosion of faith and trust in government - that is the real problem that confronts us.

I think Donald Trump tapped into something where folks didn't think the economy and the political system was working for them.

In the United States, revolts tends to be directed against specific situations, rarely against the social structure as a whole.

As a Coalition Government, we inherited a legacy of lack of trust and confidence in political system.

The American people, Neil, are sick and tired of excuses. They are sick and tired of the blame game. And they're sick and tired of the deception coming from this president and this administration. This is why I believe that I am doing so well in the polls.

If the elites listened, they would understand why French young people like me are joining our ranks.

If the President says, oh, Washington's got to change, and people are doubting whether my change can really happen, I think instead what the public's begun to see is the change they're seeing is not the change they voted for.

During my campaign, people of my age and younger said consistently that they would not vote because their votes simply no longer matter and because no government or member of Parliament cared a whit about their problems and their striving for employment.

I think the media has been in denial just like the party regulars have been in denial. They just don't understand that the government that we have today is not what the people want as a government.

I grew up in Ireland, so I do not have a lot of respect for most politicians.

Populism has had as many incarnations as it has had provocations, but its constant ingredient has been resentment, and hence whininess. Populism does not wax in tranquil times; it is a cathartic response to serious problems. But it always wanes because it never seems serious as a solution.

Our citizens do not know whom to believe, and many of them have concluded that all the processes of government have become so compromised that honest government has been rendered impossible.

We have bureaucracy that doesn't really understand what the people want.

That's why people don't have respect for our national leaders. Because our national leaders don't respect the people and the needs of people of our cities.

In an era of mass communications and electronic transmission, the public matters. The “street” is a potent force and can undermine even the best crafted peace agreements.

Washington concentrates on the ends of government and not the means. But the people are so disgusted by the means, that that is what they now are worried about.

…the bad judgment which is going on in the campaign is beyond all words, but the people of the country are in a humor where they don’t want to hear any reason…They want a change, and I think they are going to get it…

All you have to do is look at Congress’s approval ratings. It’s normal that it’s low. It’s not normal that it is 9 percent or 11 percent or 13 percent. We’ve given up our legitimacy. Legitimacy is about being honest on the issues, not being partisan.

Faced with a political process no longer responsive to or even aware of the stagnation of a middle class once ever improving, those voters grabbed for what they saw as the loat precondition of politics, political sovereignty,

I don't think any of us could predict Trump. Trump is the stuff of nightmares. But in talking to people, I knew there was a tremendous level of disaffection and anger and sorrow. I know people felt misrepresented and voiceless.