Unscrupulous Tactics Quotes

At times we used questionable means to achieve our noble ends.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.

It seemed to me to be entirely un-kosher, if that's a word, to try to put a debate about war right in front of the midterm to try to affect the midterm outcomes.

The first time I raised the issue [of rigged weapons tests], my job was eliminated.

Facts have come to light that indicate that a pivotal, close election was likely changed through voter fraud on Nov. 8, 2016: New Hampshire's U.S. Senate Seat, and perhaps also New Hampshire's four electoral college votes in the presidential election.

The road to profits is paved with unfair advantages.

Don't buy a single vote more than necessary. I'll be damned if I'm going to pay for a landslide.

You're not allowed to lure people into spending their money or betting their money based on false representations.

Nothing brings out the lower traits of human nature like office seeking. Men of good character and impulse are betrayed by it into all sorts of meanness. Disappointment makes them unjust to the last degree.

Donald Trump handles these nitwit reporters with a new and most disgraceful form of bribery.

Unrestrained competition can drive people into actions that they would otherwise regret.

We’re flimflam artists. But remember, sonny, you can’t con people unless they’re greedy to begin with. W. C. Fields had it right. You can’t cheat an honest man.

The Russians continue to say that they'll still go after terrorists, but that's a very elastic term. They're going after anybody they want. I don't trust them.

President Johnson had a habit of throwing dollars at a question and the question would disappear.

I've cheated, or someone on my team has cheated, in almost every single game I've been in.

How many big businesses don't resort to underhand means?

Any game looks straight if everyone is being cheated at once.

To be fair, the collection business does have a few good people in it. But it also has those who will lie and make threats.

If you ain't trying to cheat a little, you ain't likely to win much.

I don't believe in gutter politics. I don't believe in gutter journalism.

I know I've cut corners in every single fight I've had because I've used my ability to get through.

If a person is successful, we imagine they are probably also ethical, conscientious and deserving of their good fortune. This obscures the fact that many people who get ahead have done so by doing less than moral actions, which they cleverly disguise from view.

The abundant paradox of the disreputable Mr. Trump is the way he entices so many others to shred their own reputations. His political existence is practically built on the willingness of the media to rise mechanically, predictably to the bait every time.

I do think you feel a little bit like you are preying on people's lives.

It seems another way that skills learned in law school can be used for less-than-admirable ends.