Beau Willimon Quotes

The career politicians down in Washington don't want to be held accountable.

Washington is dominated by big money.

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

I think the record shows that as Speaker, I have taken the lead in cleaning up politics.

I don't think that political history is full of a whole lot of tremendously honest people. I have never found any fault about that as far as Mr. Trump is concerned in my relationship with him.

Corruption is not the sole test of your worthiness to form the government.

I want to help Donald Trump drain the swamp back in Washington.

I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed.

In Minnesota, we hold our leaders to a higher standard. We demand that the men and women we send to Washington stand above reproach and steer clear of the web of corruption, kickbacks and special favors.

I'm the only honest person in Washington.

I have never been bribed as a Prime Minister.

I'm not a Washington person.

People correctly perceive that the most powerful thing in Washington is money.

It's hard to make corruption a partisan issue because voters are cynical about everybody in politics.

Good men and women come to Washington and get caught in a culture of corruption.

Washington has political power combined with the insider illusion of being in control.

The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest.

Money speaks louder than words in Washington.

In Washington, every closet has a revolving door.

Honestly, the egos and the quest and thirst for power is very prevalent in Washington.

It's very interesting how Washington works. It's not about speeches. It's about relationships.

Show me a supposedly 'unfixable' problem in Washington, and I'll show you the political corruption standing in the way.

Cleaning up the mess in Washington is gonna take a whole lot of Iowa common sense.

We need to get big money out of Washington.

I've been able to see some very impressive people that are in politics, and I've been able to see a lot more people that are much less impressive that I don't know if I'd want to spend my life working with. When I see sort of how the sausage is made, it's not very pretty.