Unscrupulous Behavior Quotes

We knew Chris Matthews had no shame. Now we also know the king of TV ghouls has no souls.

When I reflect on the pompous titles bestowed on unworthy men, I feel an indignity that instructs me to despise the absurdity. The Honourable plunderer of his country, or the Right Honourable murderer of mankind, create such a contrast of ideas as exhibit a monster rather than a man. Virtue is inflamed at the violation, and sober reason calls it nonsense.

If you only notice human proceedings, you may observe that all who attain great power and riches, make use of either force or fraud; and what they have acquired either by deceit or violence, in order to conceal the disgraceful methods of attainment, they endeavor to sanctify with the false title of honest gains.

I don’t care if you fuck the elephants, but if you do, you can’t cover the circus.

The diplomat holds all acts honorable which bring him success, all things are righteous which serve his ends. If cheating is necessary, he will cheat; if lying is useful, he will lie; if bribery helps, he will bribe; if murder serves, he will order murder; if burglary, seduction, arson or forgery brings success nearer, all and each of these will be done.

Trouble is, we call politics a game, but it isn't one. There is no referee, and the teams make up the rules as they go along. You can't cry foul or offside in politics. Almost anything goes.

Profit is sweet, even if it comes from deception.

Banking was conceived in iniquity and born in sin.

The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason. There's also a negative side.

Corruption is a cancer on the body of development.

If he [Franklin Delano Roosevelt] became convinced tomorrow that coming out for cannibalism would get him the votes he so sorely needs, he would begin fattening a missionary on the White House backyard come Wednesday.

I could stand in the middle of Fifth Avenue and shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose any votes.

We shouldn’t be lending money to corrupt officials. We should be guarded in our generosity.

Donald Trump is a fraud. Listening to him talk about how he's going to put American first again, he's spent his entire career putting his own profits first.

He [Martin Van Buren] is an artful, cunning, intriguing, selfish, speculating lawyer, who, by holding lucrative offices for more than half his life, has contrived to amass a princely fortune, and is now seeking the Presidency, principally for sordid gain, and to gratify the most selfish ambition.

In 'Bigg Boss,' back-biting is inevitable. It's a part of the game, and there's nothing wrong about it.

These Yankee politicians are the lowest race of thieves in existence.

Runty little bastard…just about the most dangerous person around [with a] powerful constituency.

I was really too honest a man to be a politician and live.

I'll do almost anything for cake - even trample little children!

Safety is the last refuge of the scoundrel!

A scam is a scam. A fraud is a fraud. Different rules don't apply in the City than they do for you and me.

There's definitely evidence that capitalism at its most ruthless rewards psychopathic behavior. When you look at the worst corners of the American health insurance industry or the sub-prime banking market, it really feels like the more psychopathically someone behaves, the more it's rewarded.

The economic game is not supposed to be rigged like some shady ring toss on a carnival midway.

It wouldn’t hurt to remind the voters of what scoundrels your opponents are and to smear them at every opportunity….