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Lobbying is not a bad thing. ...

Lobbying is not a bad thing. I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have lobbyists or we shouldn't have lobbying to petition our government. It's in the Constitution, and it's something that should be honorable and good.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

Democrats don't react the sam...

Democrats don't react the same way Republicans do, because they are not forced to react the same way Republicans are forced to react. They get to be as corrupt as, basically, they want, and just ignore it.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

I might dream, but I am no dr...

I might dream, but I am no dreamer.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

I did this within a philosoph...

I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

Well, I don't think most Amer...

Well, I don't think most Americans are playing the super-PAC game. I think what you have is elites on both sides playing the super-PAC game.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

You can't beat somebody with ...

You can't beat somebody with nobody.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

I try to avoid saying anythin...

I try to avoid saying anything positive about any presidential candidate for fear that if I actually like them then I will kill their campaign.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

Having gone through what I we...

Having gone through what I went through, watching my family be torn to shreds and my children suffer immensely, I can't be the agent of doing that to someone else. I can't be the agent of causing someone to go to prison.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

A senator will come off Capit...

A senator will come off Capitol Hill and they'll be barred from two years from lobbying in the Senate. So they'll pick the phone up and they'll call their buddy, the senator, their old buddies, and they'll say, 'Listen, I'm here at this law firm now. I can't lobby you, but my new partner, Jack, can lobby you.'

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

In the past two years, I've s...

In the past two years, I've started the process of becoming a new man. I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful over the reckless and hurtful things I have done in my life, especially those which have brought me before you today.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

I think what I'm trying to do...

I think what I'm trying to do, reform-wise, is completely consistent with conservative philosophy. It may not be consistent with some so-called conservatives who live in Washington and make their living like I used to.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

I'm capable of making $44 mil...

I'm capable of making $44 million. I know I'm intellectually capable of finding a series of things and making hundreds of millions. I have to get there and do it. Carefully. Legally.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

You can't take a congressman ...

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 fundraising lunch and not only buy him that steak, but give him $25,000 extra and call it a fundraiser. And have all the same access and all the same interactions with that congressman.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

In my religion it's actually ...

In my religion it's actually better to know you're doing wrong and try to improve that wrong than to think philosophically that what you're doing is right and in fact it is wrong.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

I know I'm intellectually cap...

I know I'm intellectually capable of finding a series of things and making hundreds of millions. I have to get there and do it. Carefully. Legally.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

If you make the choice to ser...

If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

As a lobbyist, I thought it o...

As a lobbyist, I thought it only natural and right that my clients should reward those members who saved them such substantial sums with generous contributions. This quid pro quo became one of hallmarks of our lobbying efforts.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

I got into lobbying kind of a...

I got into lobbying kind of against my will at first. I frankly didn't want to be a lobbyist, but I realized that in lobbying I could do things politically that were interesting to me and do some what I thought would be good. I'm not sure it all turned out like that, but at least that was some of the initial thinking.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

I mean, money is a tool. ...

I mean, money is a tool.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

The hope in radio is to build...

The hope in radio is to build an audience over a number of years, a slow build to see if something works.

Jack Abramoff 50 quotes

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