Rush Limbaugh Quotes

All Coolidge had to do in 1924 was to keep his mean trap shut, to be elected. All Harding had to do in 1920 was repeat “Avoid foreign entanglements.” All Hoover had to do in 1928 was to endorse Coolidge. All Roosevelt had to do in 1932 was to point to Hoover.

Lying is particularly prevalent in democratic states, where leaders need the support of the citizenry in order to execute their policies.

The good and the bad news is that politicians rarely do what they say they are going to do when they campaign.

Memo to White House: Calling voters stupid is not a winning strategy.

When you run for president of the United States, everybody does the same thing in the campaign-they talk about veterans, how much they admire them, how grateful they are.

Sure, we want to know what a president believes in... but that doesn't always mean he should tell us.

Newt Gingrich's job to capture the Congress was to give Republican candidates an edge and a distinction from their Democratic opponent. That required a very high profile, some very strong language.

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

Nowadays, politically, everybody is promising everything. That's the only way you can get elected.

…the nomination of Mr. Lincoln took everybody by surprise: it was brought about by accident or trick, by which my pledged friends had to vote against me… The thing was well planned and boldly executed.

It's always useful for a politician to bash Congress.

Voters never grow weary of illusory promises.

A 30 second negative ad can matter more to a candidate's career than a lifetime voting record.

Politicians often confuse what sounds good with what really works.

For too long, politicians have been telling people what they want to hear.

What does democracy come down to? The persuasive power of slogans invented by wily self-seeking politicians.

The politician in my country seeks votes, affection and respect, in that order.

When you run a campaign the idea is not to appeal to pundits but to appeal to people.

Politicians reach high and stoop low to get elected. Unfortunately, there has been more stooping than reaching as of late.

I am not a politician. A politician is someone who does things to get elected. He's a guy who says things to please the public, that he thinks the public wants to hear, and his story changes with every passing day. I want to be elected, but I am not going to say a damn thing for your benefit, or that person's benefit out there on the street, or anybody's

Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other married couples they sometimes live apart.

Democracy in the United States takes politicians who are reasonable in private and it churns them through a public process that is almost tailor-made to undermine their virtues. Perpetually kissing up to the voters destroys the leadership qualities the voters are looking for in the first place: tranquility of spirit, independence of mind and a sensitivity to the contours and complexity of reality.

I don't think that political history is full of a whole lot of tremendously honest people. I have never found any fault about that as far as Mr. Trump is concerned in my relationship with him.

I think the Reagan people are superb marketers. Their whole approach to polling, to television, to the symbolism and the rest approaches genius.

When a politician uses the word 'folks,' we should brace ourselves for the deceit, or worse, that is coming.