Henry B. Gonzalez Quotes

This place is being corrupted by money. Anyone who does not believe this is not living on this planet…. Anybody with their eyes open knows that we have a problem.

There's the stench of money around this building [the Capitol].

The spree of big money campaigning—and the corruption that goes with it—seems guaranteed to worsen …. Campaign money handlers will keep pushing the limits wherever and however they can—and the integrity of our electoral system will pay the price.

And when the guy [politician] says “Yes, I took money, but it didn’t influence my vote”? Oh, come on. The company that’s giving you the money thinks it is going to influence the vote. Why else would they give you the money?

The true value of somebody in this town is very hard to determine. It's all smoke and mirrors.

Any man in Hollywood will meet me if I want that. No, make that any man anywhere.

Owning news makes you important; it gives you a seat at the table.

Let your family, staff, and friends know that you're still the same person, despite all the publicity and notoriety that accompanies your position.

I feel like clout is something that builds up on your teeth.

It's not the money. It's not the fame. It's the influence.

Without money honor is merely a disease.

We live in a society obsessed with public opinion. But leadership has never been about popularity.

Having been a head of state gives you the possibility of getting into places others can't go.

Laws go where money pleases.

A seat in the council is honor without profit.

America has the best congress money can buy.

What strikes me most singular in you is, that you are fonder of Power than of Fame.

Congressmen are not bribed anymore. They simply have a lot of friends who are willing to help them out whenever they find it necessary.

Politicians respect a lot of things, but nothing so much as success.

On Capitol Hill money doesn't talk. It bellows.

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

At home when people go to lawmakers and induce them with trips and gifts and so on to pass legislation, it's called corruption. But in the U.S. it's actually a profession called lobbying!

Sex and money always prowl in the penumbra of power.

The only people whose views count in the legislation that passes are those with big money. It doesn’t matter what the great majority of Americans want. Our Congress is bought.

I'm not that interested in just being around powerful people for the sake of it.