Rand Paul Quotes

When we have a Deputy Prime Minister who tells people not to drive cars but has two Jags himself, and where the Minister who tells people not to have two homes turns out to have nine himself no wonder the public believe politicians are hypocrites.

The problem with Egypt is that there is no public trust. There is no trust, period.

The problem comes from the lack of transparency and accountability of government.

I've been concerned about ethics in government for a long time. And the problems we've had under President Trump are only indicative of the longer-term problem of the erosion of public office and government.

I look at the corruption in Albany and we cannot accept that.

The reality is I believe there has never been in the history of our White House such an unscrupulous pair as what I witnessed in this White House.

I have never seen more Senators express discontent with their jobs....I think the major cause is that, deep down in our hearts, we have been accomplices in doing something terrible and unforgivable to our wonderful country. Deep down in our heart, we know that we have given our children a legacy of bankruptcy. We have defrauded our country to get ourselves elected.

I don't like the current political system in the USA and some other countries. Increasingly democracy has been hijacked by corporate interests.

When a secretary of state illegally stores her emails on a private server, deletes 33,000 of them so the authorities can't see her crime, puts our country at risk, lies about it in every different form and faces no consequence, I know that corruption has reached a level like never, ever before in America!

Why does corruption in government always surprise us? Why do we expect anything else from it? Government is organized force. It takes our wealth and makes war. And we think honest men would do that work?

I suspect that a lot of the frustration people feel about government would feel a lot better if we had corporate influence out of our politics and were running a democracy like the founding fathers intended.

I think anytime that somebody that works for the government lies, yes, they should be removed.

When you have a prime minister who is corrupt, then you can be sure that a country cannot be anything else but corrupt.

Americans can tolerate some secrecy, particularly when it is rooted in protection of the public's interests. But when the claims appear to hide wrongdoing, they begin to curdle.

When we see the corrupting influence of political decision making in our public health professionals, we should ask questions.

I'm honored to have the support of Attorney General Bondi. She has been a champion for constitutionally limited government in Florida and across the nation. Our state is fortunate to have a leader so dedicated to the rule of law.

Whoever is running the country should not be in the pay of a foreign interest. The best way is to see tax returns.

Justin Trudeau tries to say that Canada is back. I say the Liberals are back - back to ignoring the rules and abusing the privileges of power.

Hillary Clinton is a threat to the rule of law and to our safety and security.

Not all Tories are atrocious heartless fiends, I concede. But those who wield hunger as a weapon while claiming their own meals on expenses, are beyond satire.

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

Meaningful ethics reform is vital to restoring public confidence in Missouri's political system.

One of the reasons the American public holds unelected government officials in such low esteem is that they are never held accountable for their failures.

With every new class of representatives that comes to Congress, there is a greater recognition of the perils of private financing of campaigns. I believe that by pulling back the curtain on the daily pressures faced by members of Congress, we can show the public how critical this reform is to the salvation of our democracy.

The consequences of turning a blind eye to government corruption go far beyond simply letting some corrupt politicians and bureaucrats walk free.