Kevin Spacey Quotes

There is nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics…

Everywhere I go - from Main Street to Wall Street - people ask, 'What's happened to our political system? Why can't Washington folks work together?'

Politics is broken.

I hate to tell you, but it's not always pretty up there on Capitol Hill

The American political system has become so short term oriented.

The Citizens United decision dramatically intensified the political gridlock in our country.

I understand firsthand that Washington is broken.

The appalling reality in American politics today is that, when ideology and money mix, truth is a mere inconvenience.

The more you observe politics, the more you've got to admit that each party is worse than the other.

It's a cliche that the Senate is broken, and like most cliches, it's true.

We don't need to allow any more Nancy Pelosies to wind up in Congress.

I believe people who go into politics want to do the right thing. And then they hit a big wall of re-election and the pettiness of politics. In the end, politics gets in the way of the business of people.

I believe both parties are sending the wrong kind of people to Washington, D.C.

Sometimes in Congress I believe change is impossible …. Democrats read too many polls to change the climate. Republicans benefit from the climate too much to want to change it.

The public good is being compromised in the conflicts between our rival political parties.

Why is it so hard for the Congress to do something for the public?

Politicians are trapped in their own views.

I view the traditional two parties as in some ways very evil. They've become monsters that are out of control. The two parties don't have in mind what's best for Minnesota. The only things that are important to them are their own agendas and their pork. Government's become just a battle of power between the two parties.

We need less bipartisanship in Congress.

Jefferson, Madison and Washington could not survive in today’s political environment.

You used to get legislation done by getting the moderates to agree. But we have no moderates now so it doesn’t get done

The polarization of American politics is the proximate cause of the ongoing budget deficit…. Lately, the ideological center in Congress has thinned, and the distance between the parties has widened. Compromise has come to be seen as surrender—and the U. S. Government has all but come to a halt.

If you’ve ever been in politics, I don’t want to vote for you.

I think all politicians have gotten out of touch.

When I deliver the message to a cross section of Rhode Island that democracy is broken because special interests have relentless power - which prevents politicians from compromising despite popular support on an issue - I don't have any pushback.