Jack Abramoff Quotes

Attending that Convention and talking with those people and many others convinced me that I should become a blogger in my efforts to reform the government and uphold the integrity of the Constitution and the laws made in furtherance thereof.

There are good people in the lobbying industry. Lobbyists can serve a very useful purpose.

As lawmakers, we swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution.

I came into American politics and into this political system proud of politics and the way we make decisions.

I'm a lobbyist and had a career lobbying. The guy who gets elected or the lady who gets elected president of the United States will immediately be lobbying. They would be advocating to the Congress, they'll be lobbying our allies and our adversaries overseas. They'll be asking the business community and labor unions.

Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service.

Obviously, I'll keep fighting to uphold the Constitution.

You know, we're taught that in a democracy power comes from being elected.

Lobbying is just another form of advocacy. It’s like trying a lawsuit.

Most people working day in and day out do not have the time to come to Washington to look out for their interest. Moreover they don’t know how.

The Constitution would not actually be a live enterprise without lobbies because that's the way one petitions for the redress of grievances.

Lobbying is declared to be a crime.

You name me a profession and I’ll name you a lobbyist that represents them.

People have increasingly come to regard the government as a source of rights rather than as a defender of pre-existing individual rights.

Americans take part in political activities because they believe that by doing so they can influence government decisions

I taught policy and politics for seven years at a university. I told my students lobbyists are not a bad thing; they're absolutely vital.

What I intend to do is be just a really fierce advocate for Minnesotans here in Washington, D.C.

It is becoming more widely acknowledged that it is better to have a good constitution than not having a perfect one.

As taxpayers, we pay our elected officials to serve the people and protect our state and our interests.

Government is too big and too important to be left to the politicians.

Our government is the potent, the omnipresent teacher. For good or ill it teaches the whole people by its example.

I believe in the greatness of our democracy.

As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as it secures to us the rights of persons and of property, liberty of conscience and of the press, it will be worth defending.

Let's just do what is right for the American people. And those of us who are involved in politics and government know that our responsibility is to the American people, that we have a responsibility to find our common ground, to seek it and to find it.

We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for.