Cynical Quote by Barack Obama

“Electorates tend to get the politicians they deserve.”

— Paul Collier

“It’s not easy maintaining a cynical outlook in the face of what appears to be a thoroughly charitable mindset,”

— Ted Koppel

“Cynical? No. Realistic. As far as I’m concerned all you politicians are a bunch of lying, cheating, crooked wankers. You spout a ton of…

— Eli Yance

“Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism – it's my least favorite quality, and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly…

— Conan O'Brien

“The naively cynical measure a piece of legislation, a victory, a milestone not against the past or the limits of the possible, but against…

— Rebecca Solnit

“Voter apathy was, and will remain the greatest threat to democracy.”

— Hazen Pingree

“Democracy is essentially government by the majority, and a majority may be stupid, unenlightened, foolish, misled, and corrupt.”

— John Hospers

“When people start believing that all politicians are liars and crooks, the truly corrupt escape scrutiny, and cynicism grows.”

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

Despite the absurdity and the silliness and the triviality of the entire campaign experience, there is also something, as non-cynical as this sounds, kind…

— Michael Hastings

“Politicians tend only to like democracy when it is to their personal advantage (From LONE WOLF, p.50)”

— Len Webster

“In an age when all successful political candidates are surrounded by, if not at the beck and call of, difficult, even sociopathic, rich people…

— Michael Wolff

“A politician who brings personal integrity into leadership helps us reclaim the popular trust that distinguishes true democracy from its cheap imitations.”

— Parker J. Palmer