Fred Thompson Quotes

There will be more [political] scandals. There is too much money around …. It is legal for an American subsidiary corporation owned by the Chinese Army to make a major contribution to an American political party.

Tom Delay is a bag man for cigarette companies.

The structure of private campaign finance has essentially pre-corrupted our politicians, so that they can't even recognize explicit bribery because it feels the same as what they do every day.

Soft money will find its way and seep into the political system and corrode it, unless we plug every hole.

Congress has become the center of legalized bribery/

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.

We need to get big money out of Washington.

The Democrats are up to their necks in foreign meddling. Nancy Pelosi took money from Ukraine lobbyists. Chuck Schumer took money from Saudi Arabia and Mexico.

Either you're for ending Citizens United, or you're not. So, if you're for ending Citizens United, then act like you are against corporations influencing our democratic process.

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.

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

Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election.

Washington's a cesspool of money.

But having said that, what's happening with campaign finance reform and our political culture is devastating.

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

Campaign finance and ethics reform only works if it curtails all special interest groups equally and does not carve out any exceptions to benefit one party or another. 'Pay to play' reform was passed to limit the influence of big spending contractors over the public officials from whom they are trying to obtain work.

Some of the immediate causes of Jack Abramoff's troubles were some Indian elections that went bad for him.

It starts with campaign finance reform.

As long as we, in the United States, continue to insist that our politicians have to spend all of their time raising millions of dollars for television ads, it will be corrupt. If we leave it up to the politicians to clean up lobbying and finance reform, nothing is going to change.

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

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

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

Corruption is the principle source of financing political parties..

You can’t have a corrupt lobbyist if you don’t have a corrupt Congressman or staff member…. It’s a team effort.

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.