Maureen Dowd Quotes

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

New WikiLeaks-provided e-mails from Clinton aide Doug Band reveal the true nature of the Clinton cash operation: No matter what the stated humanitarian goals of the Clinton Foundation, every fiber and sinew of the organization is wrapped in self-dealing, self-enrichment, fraud, and corruption.

The Clintons want to do big worthy things, but they also want to squeeze money from rich people wherever they live on planet Earth, insatiably gobbling up cash for politics and charity and themselves from the same incestuous swirl.

Honest Graft

CBC: Corrupt Bastard’s Club

Over the years, Judicial Watch reported on the many times Hillary and Bill Clinton used her position as secretary of state to reward their friends and line the coffers of their own foundation.

The Clintons engage routinely in corrupt practices, mixing their political power with their nonprofit work to make themselves rich, while not standing up for the little guy.

Our aim should be to not allow a single corrupt politician or even a family member to enter the House.

Washington's a cesspool of money.

Most men think graft a sporadic evil, breaking out here and there, with no connection between outbreaks. I shared the same opinion, but very soon I discovered that the graft in the cities always leads to the graft in the State.

I would argue that one of the issues which the public should be much more emphatic about with all politicians... is patronage, appointing people to high positions because they supported your campaign or helped you raise money.

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

D.C. is more corrupt than Hollywood. It really is.

Tom Delay is a bag man for cigarette companies.

The boss of all bosses operates like a shifty-eyed precinct captain on the make ... These are activities on would expect of a small-time ward heeler, not a figure of such influence and stature.

... he [Thomas E. Dewey] is a political streetwalker accosting men with "come home with me dear.

Friendship is the most corrupting influence in politics.

I have never seen such lobbying before as we have had in the last few weeks and such crookedness and complicity among members [of congress].

… the unholy alliance between corrupt business and corrupt politics

Abramoff did not own me, but we did engage in the culture of corruption together.

This town has become very corrupt. We need reform of lobbying.

Congress has become the center of legalized bribery/

In Washington, they do take money—I know it’s open, though it’s hard to identify—they take money from the same people they regulate. Now, in New York City, you would never get away with that …

I would never, ever trade any campaign donation - that's absurd - for some type of favor to anyone.

Many Americans have sensed there is a very corrupt pay-to-play system going on in Washington.