Politics Versus Reality Quote List
A Celebration of Dishonesty and Stupidity
Reagan: “Facts are stupid things.”
Nixon: “Everything I say is self-serving.”
Nixon: “If the president does it, then it is not illegal.”
Dubya Bush: “If I decide to do it, by definition it’s good policy.”
Karl Rove: “We’re an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality.”
Kellyanne Conway: “You’re saying it’s a falsehood … Sean Spicer gave alternative facts.”
Sean Spicer: “Sometimes we can disagree with the facts.”
Trump, to Pence: “You’re too honest.”
Marx: “I am not a Marxist.”
And let’s not forget:
Goebbels: “If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it.”
Joe Biden: "We choose truth over facts."
ReplyDelete(Possibly unintentionally channeling famous politician Don Quixote: "Facts are the enemy of truth.")
Bonus: Unknown Soviet political officer, when asked about free speech in the West compared to lack of same in the USSR: "We forbid people to lie. They are forced to allow people to tell the truth."