Jack Abramoff Quotes

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.

Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused.

It's very difficult for felons to live in society.

Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case.

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

As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend.

Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal.

In the past few years I have begun the process of becoming a new man.

I am much chastened and profoundly remorseful. I can only hope that the Almighty and those whom I have wronged will forgive me my trespasses.

If I read the articles about me, and I didn't know me, I would think I was Satan.

In Hollywood, they put the knife in your front; in D.C., they put it in your back. I found far fewer duplicitous people in Hollywood.

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.

They realize that spending millions to save billions is just good business.

I'm not exactly the endorsement people are seeking.

I'm not a complete libertarian. There is a proper role in some areas of the government to have rules and regulations - I'm not an anarchist.

I don't pay much attention to sports.

I'm not asking people to feel sorry for me.

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.

No one wants a domain with their name on it owned by somebody else.

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.

I think the American people deserve somebody telling them what is really happening in Washington.

I'm a human being. I'm not perfect.

I'm not trying to become popular.

I'm an aggressive person.

I'm a hypercompetitive individual.

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

I support myself by public speaking and trying to work on as many appropriate and legitimate ventures as I can.

Washington's a dangerous place.

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.

All I have, really, is my creativity.

All I want is for people not to see me as this cartoon monster.

Congress doesn't hate Congress.

Everybody's a complex person. Everybody. Everybody's nuanced.

Human beings are weak.

I can't afford to be a member of a golf course.

I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.

One of my personality defects, perhaps, is that I'm rather ADD, and I work on a bunch of things at once.

I mean, money is a tool.

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.

I might dream, but I am no dreamer.

If you chose to serve in Congress or on a congressional staff, you should be barred for life from working for any company, organization, or association which lobbies the federal government.

Class envy is dangerous.

You can't beat somebody with nobody.