Confidence Quote by Geoffrey Howe

I think people are rapidly losing confidence in the political class, and I don't blame them.

— Adnan Pachachi

Having a representative democracy requires the confidence of the voters in the system. And if voters lose confidence in the system they can make…

— Richard Painter

We still go out and elect people who we think are going to govern and better our interests. So we may not have the…

— Condoleezza Rice

People think of politicians having true power, but that's less and less true. After all, they are often constrained or being edged into a…

— Bernard Arnault

There's a suspicion always about politicians. The suspicion level is really elevated and it just feels like people do not trust their institutions.

— Christopher Michael Cillizza

Politicians are so detested. And the main cause is not policy; it's the fact that there is no trust.

— Zac Goldsmith

In the US, first of all, the electoral system has been almost totally shredded. For a long time it's been pretty much run by…

— Noam Chomsky

Surely anyone who has ever been elected to public office understands that one commodity above all others, namely the trust and confidence of the…

— Hubert H. Humphrey

What makes me worry today is the alarming decline in the trust in democratic institutions - political parties, Parliaments, political leaders. Less and less…

— Ivan Krastev

Without the confidence to know our democracy is functioning properly, we risk more disillusionment, more cynicism, and even more public apathy toward the entire…

— Alan K. Simpson

The great disadvantage of our present electoral system is that it freezes the pattern of politics, and holds together the incompatible because everyone assumes…

— Roy Jenkins

[Two of the most unpopular presidential candidates selected by the two parties in history] indicates that there is a lot of cynicism out there.…

— Barack Obama