Steve Schmidt Quotes

There is nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics…

Our political system has been bankrupted by the failures of Congress to act in ways that give meaning to the struggles our constituents endure.

I love this country, I love these people, though I can't say I love their politicians. People are always nicer than politicians, but here, you can mark that difference up a hundredfold.

If career politicians had the solutions, we wouldn't be in the mess that we are.

One of the key problems today is that politics is such a disgrace, good people don't go into government.

Politicians are never going to turn this country around. Our country's a mess. The politicians are going to destroy this country. They're weak and they're ineffective.

The political class has failed you.

Did you ever wonder who when our problems are getting larger and larger, out politicians are getting smaller and smaller?

Politics, as a body, has failed the people.

Most of the misery and poverty in the world is due to bad government.

Frankly, I'm fed up with politicians in Washington lecturing the rest of us about family values. Our families have values. But our government doesn’t.

… our representative system has failed.

After 24 years in Washington, Senator Collins has become part of that broken system, putting special interests and her political party first. And Mainers know it and feel it.

In a time of polarized politics there's one thing that more than ninety percent of Americans agree on, that our government is broken, and broken because of the money in politics.

People hate politicians. And I can understand why.

There's a void of leadership in a lot of Washington. I think one of the reasons why there's so much angst across the country.

It is kind of a problem in America that so many Americans believe if they elect a different president, everything is going to be fine.

I love my homeland, but it's an absurd country. Politics in the Philippines is like spectator sports!

'The Crumbling of America' should be required viewing for local and national government, not to mention the local and national media who should be keeping their feet to the fire on guarding against disaster.

I think there is a break down of trust generally, between people and politicians. I think that's come about for a whole variety of reasons.

I guess I don't like the people in politics very much, to be blunt.

The problem is, the Republican Party hasn't done anything to make this country better and I speak as a Republican.

I've completely lost faith in the Democratic Party to truly serve the disadvantaged.

Social issues have been used to distract Americans from their own self interests since Nixon's southern strategy, and now people are paying the price.

The problems of our country are very fast to recognize.