“Normally, politicians lie because they want to persuade us of the trut...” — Zephyr Teachout Quote

“Normally, politicians lie because they want to persuade us of the truth of what they are saying. A candidate for Congress will claim that he earned a medal of honor when he did not, so that we will love and revere him.”

“Collective decisions about health care and education are best answered on a local level.”

“In my view, we need to break up Facebook from Instagram and the other potential competitors that Facebook bought up.”

“The candidate out front on Labor Day has historically been the one who stayed ahead in November.”

“The top two goals of every presidential nominating convention are to unify the party and to define the candidate for the grueling weeks ahead.”

“It's one thing if a politician in a small country says a little bit of torturing is good to do. There is a qualitative difference... when it's a candidate to run a superpower.”