Esther Dyson Quotes

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

People in Washington do things that they shouldn’t do because they owe somebody.

… lobbyist-larded Washington

In Washington, every closet has a revolving door.

Does it seem like Washington's rigged for the well connected? That's because it is.

Honestly, the egos and the quest and thirst for power is very prevalent in Washington.

It is a matter of common knowledge that the government of South Carolina is under domination of a small ring of cunning, conniving men.

Candidate Obama was either exceptionally naive or willfully disingenuous when he vowed to change the way Washington works. The very promise of Hope and Change was rooted in uprooting the Washington modus operandi. But instead of rejecting it, he embraced it all - the secrecy, the closed doors, the political favors, the near-criminal negligence.

When you start attacking cronyism and people's political interests, it gets nasty.

Hillary Clinton embodies the corruption of Washington.

Politics was just about as dirty in those days as it is now.

Government runs by clout. That's how it runs, by clout.

Money speaks louder than words in Washington.

Donald Trump is the swamp.

I understand firsthand that Washington is broken.

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.

Washington is dominated by big money.

We've seen a lot of dirty politics in Ireland.

Washington's a cesspool of money.

We do live in an environment of crony capitalism, and the main reason we do is that loopholes are for sale, and both parties have their hands out through those loopholes.

The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not anymore making the moves for the people, but for special interests and we have to stop that.

There is this concept of politics as a dirty game.

The theory is that election to Congress is tantamount to being dispatched to Washington on a looting raid for the enrichment of your state or district, and no other ethic need inhibit the feeding frenzy.

People correctly perceive that the most powerful thing in Washington is money.

Politics is a deleterious profession, like some poisonous handicrafts