Against Quote by Richard Dawkins

American political opportunities are loaded against those who are simultaneously intelligent and honest.

— Richard Dawkins

The eternal question of U.S. politics is the whiny 'what have you done for me lately?' rather than the more incisive and high-minded 'are…

— Norah Vincent

America's intellectual community has never been very bright. Or honest. They're all sheep, following whatever the intellectual fashion of the decade happens to be.…

— Orson Scott Card

American political culture quickly and always outpaces any attempt to satirize it.

— Glenn Greenwald

I don't think that politics attracts the best and the brightest of America. It doesn't attract the most sincere people.

— Dick Murphy

I suppose, just as an honest man in politics shines more than he would elsewhere.

— Mark Twain

The disturbing truth is that there's probably more sincerity than not in American politics. We may not want to believe it, but most of…

— Jamelle Bouie

That's always been the case in America; there's been a big spectrum in how much people are interested in American politics.

— William Kristol

Americans being upright and forthright and honest and true to themselves is a very hard concept.

— John Lydon

The truth is that the vast majority of Americans are good, fair, and just, and they want their country to reflect those ideals.

— Kamala Harris

Americans have witnessed the costs of allowing politics to pervade intelligence.

— Alejandro Mayorkas

The fact is that Americans are not a thoughtful people; they are too busy to stop and question their values.

— William Inge