Believe Quote by Elliott Abrams

Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.

— Noam Chomsky

Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

— I. F. Stone

All governments are run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.

— I. F. Stone

I don't think people maybe think that the government does tell them the truth. I think they expect politicians who are going to tell…

— Ann Richards

“General assumptions often lead to erroneous conclusions, but one cannot go far wrong in always assuming that whatever one's government is saying is a…

— Michel Templet

So many of the things we're told by the government simply aren't true.

— Edward Snowden

Most governments lie to each other. That's the way business gets done.

— Robert M. Gates

If you want to know about governments, all you need to know is two words: Governments lie.

— I. F. Stone

People do not believe lies because they have to, but because they want to.

— Malcolm Muggeridge

It's the exact opposite of my job to take what the government says at face value and say, 'This is the truth because the…

— Jake Tapper

Americans - not the government - must be in charge of deciding what the truth is.

— Bill Hagerty

To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special…

— Peter Schuyler