Campaigns Quote by Frank Bruni

Until we totally change the way we elect our leaders, until we remove private money from public campaigns, lying will be the de facto…

— Peter Schuyler

“The COVID-19 pandemic was an excellent example of what the government does best: Blatantly lying to their citizens.”

— Steven Magee

The partisanship and gridlock that plagues our government is a symptom of a larger disease. That disease is the corrupting influence of special interest…

— Dean Phillips

Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.

— Noam Chomsky

“Throughout the 2016 campaign, I watched how lies insinuate themselves into people’s brains if hammered often enough. Fact checking is powerless to stop it.…

— Hillary Rodham Clinton

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

— Robert M. Gates

Politicians often lie.

— Paul Weyrich

With attention deficit democracy, I am trying to wake up people to how the combination of mass ignorance, fear mongering by the government, and…

— James Bovard

“Intentional misinformation of the masses by corporate governments is causing large numbers of easily preventable deaths.”

— Steven Magee

But lies were what people wanted; that was politics.

— Kim Stanley Robinson

Foreign governments want to lie to the American people.

— Conor Lamb

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

— I. F. Stone