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

It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.

Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball

In politics nothing is contemptible.

Genuine politics -- even politics worthy of the name -- the only politics I am willing to devote myself to -- is simply a matter of serving those around us: serving the community and serving those who will come after us. Its deepest roots are moral because it is a responsibility expressed through action, to and for the whole.

You can't get rich in politics unless you're a crook.