Appearance Quote by George Orwell

“Political language -- and with variations this is true of all political parties, from Conservatives to Anarchists -- is designed to make lies sound…

— George Orwell

In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging,…

— George Orwell

“In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defence of the indefensible. Things like the continuance of British rule in India, the…

— George Orwell

“If we don't start caring about whether people tell the truth or not, it's going to be literally impossible to restore anything approaching reasonable…

— Al Franken

“Truth is commodity in political consumption.”

— Toba Beta

“The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, for the truth.”

— Alfred Adler

“Politics: Lies about the truth, or the truth about lies?”

— Silverwolf

“politics, where what is stated is not necessarily what was actually said.”

— Atul Kumar

“...that ambiguous area of culture where something unfailingly political, though separate from the political choices of the day, infiltrates judgment and language.”

— Roland Barthes

It takes two things to make a political lie work: a powerful person or institution willing to utter it, and another set of powerful…

— Rick Perlstein

“Politics is the art of saying well that which may or may not be true.”

— Orrin Woodward

“In politics, where everything romantic and sentimental is folly, the converse is usually considered true, and every brutality is thought sound sense”

— William Bolitho