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Interviewer to Ilkka Kanerva, a long time politician (member of parliament for several decades, a former foreign minister and current chairman of the parliamentary defense committee): "Have you ever come across a political lie?" Ilkka Kanerva: "I am not going to - I can't remember any initial...

''You can get by with pure lying in politics.'' said by former Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne who was forced to resign because of lying about handling of post office work conditions - debacle.

Denis Healey: “Once we cut defence expenditure to the extent where our security is imperilled, we have no houses, we have no hospitals, we have no schools. We have a heap of cinders.” – As Defence Secretary, 1969