Discredit Quote by George McGovern

One of the reasons people hate politics is that truth is rarely a politician's objective. Election and power are.

— Cal Thomas

Many times, politicians focus on this idea of how politics should be but not necessarily on the outcome. That ends up hurting people that…

— Ruben Gallego

Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.

— John Podhoretz

There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with,…

— Peter Welch

You don't win elections by telling people what you're against. We're very good at listing things we don't much like about what the Tories…

— Keir Starmer

There is one rule for politicians all over the world: Don't say in Power what you say in opposition; if you do, you only…

— John Galsworthy

If you look at what these politicians do when they speak, most of the time they are trying to convey a tone... if I…

— David Hogg

When you are in the government, you have to demonise your opposition.

— Mahathir Mohamad

When you win an election, you are always inclined to believe you won for the reasons you wanted to win.

— William Galston

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

— Tom Golisano

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

Maybe its time for politicians to fight back a little bit in terms of this notion that politicians are all in it for themselves,…

— Nicola Sturgeon