The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on a street corner in the rain late at night when he's exhausted. Then he doesn't lie.

Quote by Theodore H White

Topics: Lies Quotes, Listening Quotes, Politicians Quotes, Politics Quotes

All endeavors which are directed to a purely worldly end, contain within themselves the seeds...

All endeavors which are directed to a purely worldly end, contain within themselves the seeds...

Politics in America is the binding secular religion.

Politics in America is the binding secular religion.

The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to...

The best thing for being sad, replied Merlyn, beginning to puff and blow, is to...

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

You can't get unless you give. And you have to give without wanting to get.

You can't get unless you give. And you have to give without wanting to get.

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

With the end of the nominating process, American politics leaves logic behind.

The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on...

The best time to listen to a politician is when he's on a stump on...

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by...

Whether a man is burdened by power or enjoys power; whether he is trapped by...

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

Don't ever let anybody teach you to think; it is the curse of the world.

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city...

I saw Chungking for the first time more than 40 years ago - a city...

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however...

The world is beautiful if you are beautiful.

The world is beautiful if you are beautiful.

His passion has aroused the best and the beast in man. And the beast waited...

His passion has aroused the best and the beast in man. And the beast waited...

He who is created by television can be destroyed by television.

He who is created by television can be destroyed by television.

Burglars, judging by our statistics, define opportunity as an unoccupied, unlocked house stocked with portable...

Burglars, judging by our statistics, define opportunity as an unoccupied, unlocked house stocked with portable...

Television excites me because it seems to be the last stamping ground of poetry, the...

Television excites me because it seems to be the last stamping ground of poetry, the...

If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.

If it weren't for electricity we'd all be watching television by candlelight.