Corruption Quote by Jess Phillips

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

Is politics nothing other than the art of deliberately lying?

— Voltaire

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

— George Orwell

“Political language . . . is designed to make its lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.”

— George Orwell

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

“The point in all this is that language is a handy whipping boy to summon and belabor when we have failed in some serious…

— Chinua Achebe

Spin' is a polite word for deception. Spinners mislead by means that range from subtle omissions to outright lies. Spin paints a false picture…

— Kathleen Hall Jamieson

Politicians who wish to succeed must be prepared to dissemble, at times to lie. All deceit is bad. In politics some deceit or moral…

— Woodrow Wyatt

Politics is made up largely of irrelevancies.

— Dalton Camp

The unique character of political activity lies, quite literally, in its publicity.

— Bernard Crick

Our world is very dishonest, and our leaders encourage dishonesty by setting bad examples - by lying, being corrupt, and using political sleight of…

— Stuart Wilde

Everybody in politics lies, but they do it with such ease, it's troubling.

— David Geffen