Jay Leno Quotes

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.

Tom Delay is a bag man for cigarette companies.

This [political fundraising] is a very sophisticated system … This is a legalized bribery system where no one has to say anything. I don’t have to say what I want—you [the politician] know what I want.

I am willing to undergo the disadvantage in order to make certain that in the future we shall reduce the power of money in politics..

The Republican Party has steadfastly sided with its donors and its lobbyists, and this is why we're where we are.

Washington is dominated by big money.

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

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.

I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money.

Washington's a cesspool of money.

There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.

You can't take a congressman to lunch for $25 and buy him a hamburger or a steak or something like that. But you can take him to a fund-raising lunch and not only buy him that steak, but give him $25,000 extra and call it a fund-raiser - and have all the same access and all the same interactions with that congressman.

I'm not really into the political game as far as paying politicians and stuff like that, I'm not into that. You do your job, and I'll do mine.

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

Let's not overlook, though, what we do know about the campaign finance scandal, and the fact the Chinese were involved in our presidential campaign and our congressional campaigns.

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.

I don't think people want to see someone buy a congressional race.

Eventually, money wins in politics.

America has the best congress money can buy.

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.

A $5,000 campaign contribution to a member of Congress will hardly get you a thank you these days.

Money in politics is like ants in your kitchen. You close all the holes and get them all out or they'll find their way in again.

Money in politics leads to bad things—and I am bipartisan in that view.

Politicians can be bought and often are.

It challenges a linguist to define modern campaign contributions as something other than bribery.