Peter Schweizer Quotes

People like Elizabeth Dole have given too much power to the special interests.

Our founders never intended us to have a professional political class.

A ruling class has emerged. We no longer have government of, by and for the people but rather by professional legislators.

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.

Members of Congress don’t want anyone to have more influence than they have—that’s why they hated Harry Hopkins.

In Washington, every closet has a revolving door.

Sen. Obama comes from the old Chicago machine politics and has never taken on the special interests in his party on a major issue ever.

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.

For too long, Missouri has been run by career politicians, owned by corrupt consultants, high-paid lobbyists and special interests.

There is no distinctly American criminal class - except Congress.

But 'This Town' is official Washington. It's political Washington. It's not the Washington that clogs New York Avenue. It's not the Washington that lives in Gaithersburg. It's not the Washington that accounts for most of the population. 'This Town' refers to the people who think they run your country.

The problem is we have a Wall Street-to-Washington access of power that has controlled the political climate. The donor class feeds the political class who does the dance that the donor class wants. And the result is federal government keeps getting bigger.

I'm not a Washington person.

The principal reasons that special interests can extract their price from government is money .... Those who do not accept money from PACs are those who have other sources.

He [Richard Nixon] is still the handmaiden of big business as he always has been.

I loathe the professional politician. I have never been a regular. I have fought political machines and party politics at every opportunity.

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

The career politicians down in Washington don't want to be held accountable.

Washington is dominated by big money.

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.

You know they say the most dangerous person of the world is a member of the United States Congress just home from a three-day fact-finding trip.

Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that.

I actually never thought that Barack Obama was anything but a typical Democratic party politician, which to me meant that he was probably in bed with Wall Street.

Politicians in this country have always been for sale. That is nothing new.

I don't have business with any politicians.