Scott Pruitt Quotes

The rules are written in Washington DC by members of Congress so as to benefit themselves.

The appalling reality in American politics today is that, when ideology and money mix, truth is a mere inconvenience.

Members of Congress don’t want anyone to have more influence than they have—that’s why they hated Harry Hopkins.

When dealing with American politics, you try to follow the money, and that's where it leads you. It doesn't take you to the electoral college or to Princeton. It takes you down the darker alleys of American life.

You think that somehow they didn't come after me to get rid of me because my vote is the deciding vote in the health care bill? Then, ladies and gentlemen, you live today in a world that is so innocent as to not understand what's going on in Washington, D.C.

Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal.

Political battles are won when the rich favor them.

My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you where the American people are going to be.

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.

Washington lawyers and politicians have been bedfellows from the moment our nation was conceived.

People who think the might in Washington can be persuaded, or corrupted if you will, by anything less than voters just doesn’t understand what its about and never will. They don’t know what Washington juice is made of.

Politicians have no politics.

Washington is not a geographical entity, it is a state of mind.... People understand how Cleveland works. They even understand how New York City works, but they can't figure Washington out.

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

Those most adjacent to the seat of legislation will always possess advantages over others.

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

The only accountability-free zone in America: Washington DC.

Washington is rigged to favor people who have an army of lobbyists.

… lobbyist-larded Washington

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

In Washington, D.C., they don't do real work.

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.

Money is at the root of most that is wrong in American politics.

President Donald Trump set out to drain the Washington swamp, and perhaps no one has aided him more effectively than senior adviser Jared Kushner.

The FBI has always supported big business and big government.