John McAfee Quotes

Mr. Bush has eliminated the middle man and simply allowed lobbyists to run our government.

Very big business is in bed with very big government in Washington, and has more to do with what the average person sees, hears and reads than most people know.

The reason there are tens of thousands of lobbyists is because the ever-expanding federal government creates ever-increasing opportunities for abuse. The more the federal government does, the more lobbyists there will be to protect special interests at the expense of the common interest.

Big Business can make laws as easily as it can break them - and with as little impunity.

In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.

In the United States, large corporations control some members of Congress. All this does is delay the corporation's funeral at our expense.

The incestuous relationship between government and big business thrives in the dark.

I've thought Cheney was scary for a long time. Now I know I was right to be nervous.

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

The reason that lobbyists are so corrupt is that government is too big.

Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government.

The extent to which not just state legislatures but the Congress of the United States are now run by large corporate special interests is beyond mere recognition as fact. The takeover is complete.

The US presidency will continue to represent the major power groups of the United States - big business and the military - regardless of who the talking head is.

...The greatest bulwark of capitalism is militarism.

The problem is not that you can buy a congressman for $10000 but that you can buy a Washington lawyer for $100000.

Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.

America's political system has evolved over the last 50 years in ways that have enhanced the power of business lobbies.

We must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex.

Now you have people in Washington who have no interest in the country at all. They're interested in their companies, their corporations grabbing Caspian oil.

The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.

Everyone knows that our current system is kind of like legalized prostitution. The corporate sector completely controls the civic sector.

When one gets in bed with government, one must expect the diseases it spreads.

Eisenhower warned us about the military-industrial complex and the damage it could do to society.

The chief bandit is the head of the state himself.

[Lobbying] has reached such a position of power that it threatens the government itself. Its size, its power, its capacity for evil; its greed, trickery, deception and fraud condemn it to the death it deserves.