Bananas Quote by Harry Shearer

Bad politics make for bad morals.

— Joseph Brodsky

The Republicans think they have a corner on morality.

— Marya Mannes

Democrats talk about programs like Social Security or Medicare, but it's not clear to most voters what Democrats' core moral values are.

— Jonathan Haidt

Politics is opposed to morality, as philosophy to naïveté.

— Emmanuel Levinas

I don't think that's healthy for the country when anyone thinks their morals are better than anyone else's.

— Barbara Bush

I have never regarded politics as the arena of morals. It is the arena of interest.

— Aneurin Bevan

“What's important about morality in politics is us. We own the chicken farm. We must give our bird-brained, feather-headed politicians morals. Politicians love to…

— P.J. O'Rourke

I will use whatever position I have in order to root out hypocrisy. Democrats have strong moral values. Frankly, my moral values are offended…

— Howard Dean

It is as hard and severe a thing to be a true politician as to be truly moral.

— Francis Bacon

When I began my work on how morality varies across the political spectrum, there was a partisan, manipulative element to it. I wanted to…

— Jonathan Haidt

Republicans with any moral sense are desperate for a supportable alternative to Donald Trump.

— Jacob Weisberg

“moral thinking is more like a politician searching for votes than a scientist searching for truth:”

— Jonathan Haidt