Quotes About Manipulation

Politics is the art of anesthesia.

There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.

Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.

Politics is not really politics any more. It is run, for the most part, by Madison Avenue advertising firms, who sell politicians to the public the way they sell bars of soap or cans of beer.

By oft repeating an untruth, men come to believe it themselves.

In politics, manipulating reality can take presidence over finding reality.

...Politics is not about facts. It is about what politicians can get people to believe.

Those who vote decide nothing. Those who count the vote decide everything.

There is no act of treachery or meanness of which a political party is not capable; for in politics there is no honour.

Politics is the systematic cultivation of hatred.

Politics: the art of appearing candid and completely open while concealing as much as possible.

Under every stone lurks a politician.

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

Unfortunately, manipulation and defamation are part of the bad manners that have been prevailing in Poland's politics for ten years now.

If you ever injected truth into politics you would have no politics.

Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it's troubling.

In politics, what appears is.

Party leads to vicious, corrupt and unprofitable legislation, for the sole purpose of defeating party.

Politics is made up of two words: "Poli," which is Greek for "many," and "tics," which are bloodsucking insects.

Practical politics consists in ignoring facts.

Those against politics are in favor of the politics inflicted upon them.

I am a politician which means I am a liar and a crook. When I am not kissing babies I am stealing their lollypops.

Fear is the politicians dance partner.

In politics, yesterday's lie is attacked only to flatter today's.