Political Disappointment Quotes

What makes us feel pessimistic about the world, ultimately, is the way the media encourage us to believe that our fate hangs on the every move of the promise-breaking, terminally disappointing Teflon liars in Washington.

Watching President Obama, for the first time in my life, one of us was running for president. He seemed like one of us - and I got behind him, and I got excited about his message and what he continues to say he's going to do. The day he was elected president, Prop 8 happened. It was this bizarre dichotomy - world history - good and bad.

No man will ever bring out of that office the reputation which carries him into it. The honeymoon would be as short in that case as in any other, and its moments of ecstasy would be ransomed by years of torment and hatred.

After 1994, the public had the impression we Republicans overpromised and underdelivered.

Yes, of course, black Americans are a special group, and I'm disappointed that they're not Republicans, given our traditions. We're not getting much love in return, despite our efforts.

Virtually nothing Barack Obama has done has left America or the world better since he became president. Nearly everything he has touched has been made worse.

George W. Bush was a very bad president. The Iraq war was a big mistake. The U.S.A. needed a political change. I hoped Barack Obama could be a good president, but I'm disappointed. He hasn't done well.

There's hardly a more bitter pill to take than when a President disappoints the people who most believed in him.

I think many people knows what I am thinking. The whole world knows I am not seeking independence, therefore is many Tibetan disappointed, and also some of our supporters - many Indians, many Europeans, many Americans are also disappointed because I am not seeking independence.

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

I think it's a time to be sad about what's been done to the United States Senate, the greatest deliberative body in the world.

My father never carried an umbrella for Chamberlain.

It’s a graveyard for politics. I see this as the end of my political future

I'm disappointed that Senator DeWine once again chose to go along with his party leaders and their big corporate lobbyist supporters. Ohio deserves a Senator who will be more than a rubber stamp.

The worst day of my political life was when President George W. Bush signed McCain-Feingold into law in the early part of his first administration.

We are tired of Obama's empty speeches and his misguided rhetoric.

After eight years in government, Mr Blair has precious little to show for his ambitious plans to heal the divisions in society.

People are struggling. They're trying to make ends meet, and they're looking for Washington to deliver for them. And they don't feel that that's been happening as quickly as it should. We share that frustration. There's no one more frustrated than President Obama.

Donald Trump is not running for president. This is devastating news for Trump's supporters - all of whom are late night comedians.

I've completely lost faith in the Democratic Party to truly serve the disadvantaged.

People who won those states wanted to see their states in the victory column last night. They won elections in the streets and lost them in the suites.

I really thought, with my background growing up, and my service, and all that, I thought it would be enough for the presidency. But... It sure was enough when I ran for Congress.

So I'm just waiting until one party or the other actually gets a moral compass and a backbone.

Howard Dean came in a disappointing third place. Afterwards Dean said 'Iowa is behind me and now I look forward to screaming at voters in New Hampshire.'

Poor people and working people have not been the focus of the Obama administration. That for me is not just a disappointment but a kind of betrayal.