Dishonesty in Politics Quotes

Truth telling in politics is the mark of an inexperienced politician.

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.

You know there's no crooked politicians. There's never a lie because there is never any truth.

Barack Obama isn't the first politician to break a promise, torture the truth or outright lie to the American people. But, he certainly is among the most accomplished at it.

Hillary Clinton's been proven to be a liar on so many different ways.

Politicians are like the bones of a horse's foreshoulder-not a straight one in it.

There may be honor among thieves, but there's none in politicians.

Look, [Hillary Clinton] is been proven to be a liar on so many different ways. This is just another lie.

A lot of times in politics you have people look you in the eye and tell you what's not on their mind.

The fact which the politician faces is merely that there is less honor among thieves than was supposed, and not the fact that theyare thieves.

Criticizing Israel is not anti-Semitic, and saying so is vile. But singling out Israel for opprobrium and international sanction - out of all proportion to any other party in the Middle East - is anti-Semitic, and not saying so is dishonest.

This is an administration that has gotten 600 Americans killed by not telling the truth. I don’t see why anyone would believe any of the political ads.

I said Ted Cruz has been lying because if you say something that isn't true, and you say it over and over again, and you know that it's not true, there's no other word for it.

In politics, sometimes you have to lie, or you make a promise that you cannot keep.

Hillary Rodham Clinton will bring a permanent darkness of deceit and despair forced upon the American people to endure.

In Massachusetts they [Democratic politicians] steal, in California they feud, and in New York they lie.

We assume that politicians are without honor. We read their statements trying to crack the code. The scandals of their politics: not so much that men in high places lie, only that they do so with such indifference, so endlessly, still expecting to be believed. We are accustomed to the contempt inherent in the political lie.