Corruption Influence Quotes

The way you have to campaign in this country is you have to beg for money from the very people who need to be brought under control.

A contribution of $2,500 is not going to buy the reputation and decisions of an elected official.

When Charlie Crist went independent, I no longer supported him. Just track the money.

Journalists grow accustomed to seeing evil and they let it pass; they proceed to approve it, and they end by committing it themselves.

The division into Whig and Tory is founded in the nature of men; the weakly and nerveless, the rich and the corrupt, seeing more safety and accessibility in a strong executive; the healthy, firm, and virtuous, feeling confidence in their physical and moral resources, and willing to part with only so much power as is necessary for their good government; and, therefore, to retain the rest in the hands of the many…

...all members of Congress should be required wear NASCAR uniforms. You know, the kind with the patches? That way we'd know who is sponsoring each of them. I think he was kidding; they'd never be able to do it but it's a great idea and would wake people up in this country.

The influence of banking mania on State legislatures could not fail to be corrupting.

I am furious at the way that we have allowed money to subvert our democracy. I am appalled at the way that the U.S., a very wealthy nation, permits and even encourages a level of poverty that other wealthy nations would not even consider.

Congress is as addicted to tobacco money as a heavy smoker is to the nicotine in his Marlboros.

The examples of vice at home corrupt us more quickly and easily than others, since they steal into our minds under the highest authority.

But how is the artist to protect himself against the corruption of the age which besets him on all sides?

Because parents have power over children. They feel they have to do what their parents say. But the love of money is the root of all evil. And this is a sweet child. And to see him turn like this, this isn't him. This is not him.

A good man fallen among politicians.

All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.

To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections.

If the thing loved is base, the lover becomes base.