Quotes About Manipulation

It gave dirty politics a bad name.

From politics it was an easy step to silence.

When we refer to 'the biblical approach to economics' or the biblical response to politics' or 'biblical womanhood,' we're using the Bible as a weapon disguised as an adjective.

One has to be a lowbrow, a bit of a murderer, to be a politician, ready and willing to see people sacrificed, slaughtered, for the sake of an idea, whether a good one or a bad one.

Explosion without an objective', declared Miles Blundell, 'is politics in its purest form'.

I concern myself with Venezuela. However, some rightwing movements are transforming me into a pawn in the domestic politics of their countries, by making statements that are groundless.

A politician... one that would circumvent God.

It's the last best trick of a losing Democrat, is to accuse the Republicans of racism.

in politics as in life, what is known is not necessarily what is believed, what is shown is not necessarily what is seen, and what is said is not necessarily what is heard.

Never underestimate the ego of a politician.

Politics is never about the people. It's about money. And wars. And how many heads you can step on and bodies you can step over. And I'm just not that kind of person.

Big Business and Politics are twins, they are the monsters who kill everything, corrupt everything.

In politics, as in fishing, you don't have to be a genius. You just have to be smarter than the fish.

No. I probably do better not being in politics. They have too much control over you when you are in politics.

Experience has taught that politics is a game played by conmen and hypocrites.

There's nothing more oily and cynical in politics than telling the truth.

The art of politics is to separate actions from consequences

In politics there are so many holes, so many contradictions, you don't know what's happening.

It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?

Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his fortune, and only cares that the world shall last his days.

You know, it's just politics, it's a game grown-ups like to play, like we lil' children play with toys.

In politics there are no principles, just opportunities

The man is the Piltdown Man of modern politics.

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