John F. Kennedy Quotes

Almost every politician running for office comes out with a set of plans so that they can demonstrate how serious they are about fixing the state’s problems. But once the election is over and the candidate takes his or her oath, you rarely here a peep about those plans again. They end up on a shelf somewhere gathering dust.

The state of affairs in our nation's capital is a national disgrace. It is an international embarrassment and dishonors the name of our first president, George Washington.

The expectation that 'Trump as president' will be starkly different from 'Trump as candidate' is a false hope at best.

New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.

When I got into politics, it was a shock. People promise all sorts of things and then never deliver.

There is only one thing more harmful to society than an elected official forgetting the promises he made in order to get elected; that's when he doesn't forget them.

Military governments make promises they don’t keep.

The Communist leaders handle national property as their own, but at the same time they waste it as if it were somebody else's. Such is the nature of ownership and government of the system.

If you put government in charge of a desert, soon there will be a shortage of sand.

I'm tired of politicians saying one thing to get elected and then going to Washington, D.C., or Denver or wherever and completely forgetting about you.

Citizens know the legacy of misrule of the Congress - an economy in doldrums and an administration full of leakages.

AAP leaders have failed to take people in confidence.

Every person in this country is suffering because of bad governance.

Too often, the elected individuals we put our public trust in disappoint us.

Obama is not the messiah any longer. He is now your standard, ordinary, everyday politician who lies, who breaks promises, who's in it for himself, who can't do anything on his own. He's not qualified. All of this is becoming known, sadly, too late.

The trouble with conservatives is that too many of them come to Washington thinking they are going to drain the swamp, only to discover that Washington is a hot tub.

I've had a lot of disappointments. I think my biggest disappointment is the failure of elected officials to make good on their promises in regards to the environment or anything else, really. I have very little faith in politicians.

We're on our way to Greece, in the hands of a confused, foolish government. It's got to stop. It's got to stop.

People understand that the real threats to the integrity and dignity of Parliament are its elected members.

Promising is not giving, but serves to content fools.

Old mismanagement is no excuse for the continuance of it.

The vices of authority are chiefly four: delays, corruption, roughness and facility [weakness].

Can we wonder that all has gone ill with us when our love of office survives in our very ruin?

If the Board of Trade or Local Government Board managed their business after the fashion of the Foreign Office and Colonial Office, you and I should deserve to be hung.

Some governments are corrupt but are known for their competency in running the city. Others are incompetent but are considered "clean." [Washington] DC's government is scandalously corrupt and hopelessly incompetent.