Hal Holbrook Quotes

One or two of these scoundrel statesmen should be shot once a-year, just to keep the others on their good behavior.

Congress: America's only true criminal class.

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly native criminal class except Congress.

Like a snail crossing a sidewalk, the Clinton Administration leaves a lengthening trail of slime, this time on America's national honor.

We hunt and fish or we'll go nuts dealing with the criminal behavior of our elected officials.

When there is a lack of honor in government, the morals of the whole people are poisoned.

This is a generation weaned on Watergate, and there is no presumption of innocence and no presumption of good intentions. Instead, there is a presumption that, without relentless scrutiny, the government will misbehave.

The American people might have a criminal syndicate running their government.

I reject the cynical view that politics is a dirty business.

I am a relatively new Member to this Chamber, and it is troublesome to me and I can tell Members it is getting very troublesome to my constituents when they hear this repeated consistent drum beat of a corruption of the democratic process.

One thing I congratulate everyone on is the great explosion which has occurred in Washington's Black House and the very important scandal which has gripped leaders of America.

Montanans elected me to the Senate to do away with shady backroom deals and to make government work better.

I have never seen conduct of the Federal Government so egregious.

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

Ethics and Washington DC. Are they mutually exclusive?

Why is there so much resistance among people who work in the Government to the seemingly obvious fact that, in our democracy, if the Government lies, it will eventually get caught

I've always had a kind of knee-jerk trust in my Government's basic integrity, whatever political blunders it may make. But I've come to realize that in Washington, deceiving and manipulating the public are viewed by some as the natural prerogatives of office.

A Vote for Davis & Bryan is a Vote Against Special Privilege. Remember Tea-Pot Dome.

I initiated the State's investigation of Governor Blagojevich and have prosecuted public officials, including a sitting democratic state representative and democratic State's Attorney.

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.

If you think the Obama White House and Ben Rhodes lying to the American people about Iran - and laughing about it - was bad, just wait until Hillary Clinton's spin doctors get hold of the media.

I don't think it's any secret that the public has lost confidence in the state government, and there's a lot of work that needs to be done on issues related to public integrity.

I come from a state where four governors have gone to jail since I've been alive. Two of my last four predecessors in this seat went to jail or are going to jail.

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

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