Joy Behar Quotes

When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.

Secrecy in government, in the public mind, becomes synonymous with deception in government.

Governments are supposed to lie to their citizens.

Surely we don’t want the President to lie, we don’t want our senators to lie, we don’t want our congressmen to lie. But sometimes they do.

We are hiring too many people who are called politicians, and we are not holding them accountable…. You do not hire someone and not tell them what to do. Make a trip to Washington and see that they are doing what you want them to do.

Why is there so much resistance among people who work in the Government to the seemingly obvious fact that, in our democracy, if the Government lies, it will eventually get caught

The public, by and large, trusts its leaders not only to tell the truth, but to get the job done. When they don’t get the job done, they get punished, and when they don’t get the job done and it comes out that they lied, they’re in really serious trouble. This is what happened to [Lyndon] Johnson and it’s what happened to [George W,] Bush. If you’re going to tell a lie, make sure the policy works out.

I think anytime that somebody that works for the government lies, yes, they should be removed.

Politicians are making deals for their benefit. Now we are going to make the deals for the American people.

If you look at the history of Obama, with the crimes he's committed, in office, publicly, and gotten by with that, you understand two things: First of all, that he's a criminal, really, by any standard of decency, and he's a great liar.

I don't think people maybe think that the government does tell them the truth. I think they expect politicians who are going to tell them one thing and then when they get in office do something else.

Most of all, be honest with yourself and make sure those in political office, our so called public servants, are being honest, holding them accountable for their actions!

WikiLeaks is exposing our government officials for the frauds that they are. They also show us how governments work together to lie to their citizens when they are waging war.

I think the good old British democracy should keep scrutinising and pressing to get the truth out.

People are entitled to believe the government is constantly lying to them, but it isn't.

An honest politician is one who, when he is bought, will stay bought.

Richard Nixon is a no good, lying bastard. He can lie out of both sides of his mouth at the same time, and if he ever caught himself telling the truth, he'd lie just to keep his hand in.

The American people need to know the truth. The American people need to see the truth. In a democracy, letting the people know the truth is the essence of what it means to be free.

Truth telling in politics is the mark of an inexperienced politician.

Our citizens do not know whom to believe, and many of them have concluded that all the processes of government have become so compromised that honest government has been rendered impossible.

Administrations of both parties lie. The question is the weightiness of the lies.

You cannot punish the people for the mistakes the politicians make.

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

Not everybody is comfortable with the idea that politics is a guilty addiction. But it is. They are addicts, and they are guilty and they do lie and cheat and steal — like all junkies.

It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury, and treachery.