Rick Santelli Quotes

The corruption of every government begins nearly always with that of principles.

Was there ever such a bare-faced corruption in any country before?

Donald Rumsfeld is the rottenest person I have known in government

Corruption is a cancer on the body of development.

All governments are more or less corrupt.

One of the biggest curses from which India is suffering - I do not say that other countries are free from it, but I think our condition is much worse - is bribery and corruption. That really is a poison.

Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I found that out when I was Attorney General in Massachusetts.

Because government has tremendous power, it attracts people who are eager to game the system, obtaining by force of law what they could never achieve through consensus.

An efficient government is dangerous in the hands of the wrong man. Sadly, the right sort of man never seems interested in the job.

The government is so out of control. It is so bloated and infested with fraud and deceit and corruption and abuse of power.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.

We know that second terms have historically been marred by hubris and by scandal.

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

Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

The inquiry constantly is what will please, not what will benefit the people. In such a government there can be nothing but temporary expedient, fickleness, and folly.

New York State is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance. The New York State government was at one time a national model. Now, unfortunately, it's a national disgrace. Sometimes, the corruption in Albany could even make Boss Tweed blush.

Ours is a government of checks and balances. The Mafia and crooked businessmen make out checks, and the politicians and other compromised officials improve their bank balances.

Politics is the most corrupt profession on Earth, no matter where you are.

In this administration, a place can be found for every bad man.

Huey Long’s methods outdid the good he did with the results.

The diplomat holds all acts honorable which bring him success, all things are righteous which serve his ends. If cheating is necessary, he will cheat; if lying is useful, he will lie; if bribery helps, he will bribe; if murder serves, he will order murder; if burglary, seduction, arson or forgery brings success nearer, all and each of these will be done.

The People will have unfounded Power. And the People are extremely addicted to Corruption and Venality, as well as the Great. I am not without Apprehensions from this Quarter.

We shouldn’t be lending money to corrupt officials. We should be guarded in our generosity.

There are seats in the Senate for sale.

You can't run a government that is leaking all over the place.