Where can I find some good quotes on lies politicians have told?

Question

I am writing a paper on the illusion of honesty is our government. I need some quotes of lies that have been told to us.

I have a few, and I know some quotes but I (obviously) need a source. I have been hunting around on google...but no luck yet.

Thanks

Sorry should have read

the illusion of honesty that our government puts forth.

Yeah I have that...

"I am not a crook"
"Iraq has weapons of mass destruction"

would like one or two more...but I need the source from which I got it.

Answer 1

Great site with lies told by presidents over the ages, complete with sources:
http://www.rateitall.com/t-20451-presidential-lies.aspx

Here is a good site with Clinton lies and reputable sources:
http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/RANCHO/POLITICS/LIES.html

There's an awesome book "When Presidents Lie: A History of Official Deception and Its Consequences" by Eric Alterman that details the five greatest lies ever told: FDR and the Yalta Conference, JFK and the Cuban missle crisis, LBJ and the Gulf of Tonkin, Reagan and the Iran-Contra scandal, and of course a section on Bush in general.

Quotes and sources for Bush lies:
http://rwor.org/a/1202/iraqlies2.htm

Answer 2

You should make your paper an honest portrayal of actual quotes. Be careful not to simply repeat distorted versions of reality that are perpetuated by many, including the American media.

Go to www.rushlimbaugh.com for analysis of comments made by politicians and comparisons to what the same person said about the same subject on different occasions. The inconsistencies (lies) are amazing.

You'll have to be objective, though. Objectivity is necessary in order to discover truth.

I can't help but give you a couple:

"I did not have sex with that woman"

"This is the worst economy is 50 years."

"Our soldiers are terrorizing women and children in the dead of night." (paraphrasing)

The John Kerry presidential campaign.......

Good luck.

Answer 3

Well, there is one that comes to my mind that almost all the presidents have said at least once in the past 3 decades.
Usually it is in a speech and goes like this: "My fellow Americans", and then they do something that shows they have no concept of what the average American is.

Answer 4

Careful - sometimes the quotes are lies too!

Answer 5

Bill and Hillary Rodham Clinton, 1964 to present. Google it.

Answer 6

Isn't there a book out the called the Clinton Years or someting like that?

Answer 7

Watch an interview with Clinton or Obama or Pelosi...every word out of their respective mouths is a lie.

Answer 8

Here's a good whopper George Bush said. . . "The American people have spoken, and "elected" me the President of the United States." 2000 election.

Answer 9

http://www.davekopel.com/Terror/Fiftysix-Deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm
http://www.northwestindiana.com/discussionforum/viewtopic.php?t=443
the first one links to the lies in Fahrenheit 911
The second is the Democrats own words on WMDs pre 9/11

Answer 10

President William J. Clinton, on television: "I never had sex with that woman, Monica Lewinski."