Quotes About Integrity

I get the feeling a lot of politicians are there to help themselves financially, first and foremost.

I think all politicians lie.

Most politicians are not authentic.

Politicians, in many cases - their moral code will be dictated by what can get them reelected, what they can get away with. When you're out of office, I guess you're freed from those checks and balances.

One can say all they want about politicians, but politicians to other politicians, their word is almost always good.

People don't like politicians.

We can do better, and we must hold the politicians accountable to do better.

You ask politicians a question, and they have an answer. It's almost like the more articulate the answer, the more something feels wrong because that question takes thought.

Almost all politicians are able to have a great one-on-one meeting. But I'm not interested in the candidate who can have a great meeting. I'm interested in the person who can make the right decisions.

The first step into justice begins with the politicians. You have to demand from yourself what you demand from people.

No doubt, corporate CEOs who lie to their shareholders and politicians who lie to their public know and believe intellectually that lying is immoral. Why then do they lie? They lie to others because they first lie to themselves.

Politicians shouldn't spend most of their time in office trying to get reelected.

A lot of politicians say they want to get people out to vote; sometimes you can't totally believe they really want that.

I'm not better than other politicians, but I'm different because I got into the game much later in life, after I had raised a family, after I had written a book, after I had been a successful lawyer. It's different when you get into this business after you've led a full life. I don't want to be a big man. I know who I am.

You can't blame anyone for being cynical about politicians.

Politicians diminish themselves by sounding robotic.

If you're looking for someone to go to Washington, to go along to get along, to get - to agree with the career politicians in both parties who get in bed with the lobbyists and special interests, then I ain't your guy.

As you make your bed, so you must lie in it.

I discourage a cult of personality.

A politician will do anything to keep his job - even become a patriot.

This country has moved away from the politics of caste, nepotism, and appeasement.

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

I know my limitations, and I don't like politics. I was only involved because of my husband.

We can create a new kind of politics: kinder, more respectful, but courageous, too.