Jack Abramoff Quotes - Page 2

• 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

  Philosophical, Cartoon, Lobbying

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

  Jack Abramoff

  Party, Political, Vote

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

  Jack Abramoff

  Felons, Difficult

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• 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

  Philosophy, Thinking, Trying

  Source: www.huffingtonpost.com

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• I'm not trying to become popular.

  Jack Abramoff

  Trying

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• 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

  Thinking, Games, Sides

  "Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Part 2". "The Tavis Smiley", www.pbs.org. April 4, 2012.

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

  Jack Abramoff

  Years, Numbers, Radio

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

  Jack Abramoff

  Personality, Add, Bunch

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

  Jack Abramoff

  Names, Want, Domain

  "Abramoff pleads for his domain name" by Anna Palmer and John Bresnahan, www.politico.com. November 18, 2011.

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• 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

  Government, Trying, Lobbyists

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

  Jack Abramoff

  Sorry, People, Asking

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• 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.

  Jack Abramoff

  Government, Rules And Regulations, Roles

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• I'm an aggressive person.

  Jack Abramoff

  Aggressive, Persons

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• All I have, really, is my creativity.

  Jack Abramoff

  Creativity

  "Jack Abramoff Does Not Know How He Will Pay Back $44 Million, Will Not Go On ‘Dancing With The Stars’". Interview with Arin Greenwood, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2012.

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

  Jack Abramoff

  People, Cartoon, Monsters

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• Being somebody who wants to be religious doesn't make me perfect and doesn't make me necessarily any better than anybody else. It maybe makes me better than I would have been if I didn't have that level.

  Jack Abramoff

  Religious, Perfect, Levels

  "Former lobbyist Jack Abramoff, Part 1". "The Tavis Smiley Show", www.pbs.org. April 3, 2012.

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• Congress doesn't hate Congress.

  Jack Abramoff

  Hate, Congress

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

  Jack Abramoff

  Persons, Complexes

  "Jack Abramoff Does Not Know How He Will Pay Back $44 Million, Will Not Go On ‘Dancing With The Stars’". Interview with Arin Greenwood, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2012.

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• 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

  Children, Suffering, Gone

  "Abramoff won't name names" by M. J. Lee, www.politico.com. February 7, 2012.

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• Human beings are weak.

  Jack Abramoff

  Weak, Humans, Human Beings

  "Jack Abramoff: The lobbyist's playbook". "60 Minutes" with Lesley Stahl, www.cbsnews.com. November 6, 2011.

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• 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.

  Jack Abramoff

  Forgive Me, Forgiving, Almighty

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

  Jack Abramoff

  Golf, Members, Courses

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• 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

  Findings, Knows, Series

  "Jack Abramoff Does Not Know How He Will Pay Back $44 Million, Will Not Go On ‘Dancing With The Stars’". Interview with Arin Greenwood, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 20, 2012.

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• I mean, money is a tool.

  Jack Abramoff

  Mean, Tools

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• I'm a hypercompetitive individual.

  Jack Abramoff

  Individual

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