Tamilisai Soundararajan Quotes

Donald Trump came to a political field that had already been shaped by big money in politics.

It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.

Whenever anything extraordinary is done in American municipal politics, whether for good or for evil, you can trace it almost invariably to one man. The people do not do it. Neither do the 'gangs,' 'combines,' or political parties.

I'm in politics. I'm in government, so nothing surprises me.

But I don't need to use politics as a way of making money.

William Andrews Clark was caught in a bribery scandal during a campaign for the U.S. Senate - he was said to describe the Montana legislators this way: 'I never bought a man who wasn't for sale.'

Our tribunals — unlike those in the United States — have been traditionally subordinated to political power. Mexico has a history of corrupt elections where the will of the people has been subverted by the wealthy and powerful.

Eventually, money wins in politics.

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.

When I have to choose between voting for the people or voting for the special interests, I always stick with the special interests. They remember. The people forget.

I have the disease called politics.

The abuse of buying and selling votes crept in and money began to play an important part in determining elections.

When the [political] clubhouse gets control of the seat of government, invariably the private interest outweighs the public interest, and corruption sets in.

Today’s expensive election campaigns are entrenching a culture of patronage [in Indonesia].

There are three things that are important in politics today: money, money and money.

Politics - I still think it's a bunch of liars and a bunch of self-interest. It's not about the people: it's about themselves and their rise to power. They are voting on things based on whether they will have the support of the people when they vote next time. They don't have the balls to say, 'I believe in this. I don't care what happens.'

I find the Democratic party overall, on a macro level, to be institutionally corrupt.

Chicago's been under the grip of the corrupt and broken political machine for as long as everybody's memory.

Politics is awful.

The problem is not that you can buy a congressman for $10000 but that you can buy a Washington lawyer for $100000.

Nigerian politics has been, since the military dictatorships, largely non-ideological. Rather than a battle of ideas, it is about who can pump in the most money and buy the most access.

The Philippines, it has a politics of patronage. Family and favors, in addition to the old cliche of guns, goons and gold, really do still hold a lot of sway.

A politician's goal is always to manipulate public debate. I think there are some politicians with higher goals. But all of them get corrupted by power.

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.

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