Arrogance Quote by Thomas Paine

Politics, under a democracy, reduces itself to a mere struggle for office by flatterers of the proletariat; even when a superior man prevails at…

— H. L. Mencken

An honest politician is either a hypocrite - or he is doomed.

— Taylor Caldwell

We ought to see far enough into a hypocrite to see even his sincerity.

— Thomas Fuller

“One of the universally despised sins is hypocrisy, falsely pretending to hold beliefs, feelings, standards qualities, opinions, virtues, motivations, or other characteristics that a…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

The true hypocrite is the one who ceases to perceive his deception, the one who lies with sincerity.

— Andre Gide

Whoever aims publicly at great things and at length perceives secretly that he is too weak to achieve them, has usually also insufficient strength…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Hypocrisy is the scarlet letter in politics.

— Mark McKinnon

A hypocrite despises those whom he deceives, but has no respect for himself. He would make a dupe of himself too, if he could.

— William Hazlitt

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he will not crumble when the world from his point of view is…

— Max Weber

“Behind his careful political flippancy and cynicism one might also detect a certain careless sincerity, which would probably in the long run save him…

— Hector Hugh Munro

Psychologically speaking, one may say that the hypocrite is too ambitious; not only does he want to appear virtuous before others, he wants to…

— Hannah Arendt

An once of hypocrisy is worth a pound of ambition.

— Michael Korda