If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself. Jack Abramoff More Quotes by Jack Abramoff More Quotes From Jack Abramoff Some issues lend themselves to grassroots campaigns - homeschooling works well - but others require contrivance and connivance to whip up support. Often, lobbyists will hire vendors to dispatch blast emails and robocalls in the hopes of bombarding Congressional offices with citizen fury. Jack Abramoff issuessupportoffice As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot of people are against term limits, and I was one of the leaders, because why? As a lobbyist, once you buy a congressional office, you don't have to re-buy that office in six years, right? Jack Abramoff officepeopleyears 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 hamburgerslunchgiving Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case. Jack Abramoff lobbyingcasesdoors Well, I think the great tragedy in American politics is what is legal, not what is illegal. Jack Abramoff illegaltragedythinking I might dream, but I am no dreamer. Jack Abramoff dreamerdreammight Prisoners do different things. Some write, some read. Some engage in athletic events and working out and some do all of that. Some get involved in the religious groups that they're part of. Some get involved in hobbies that are permitted in prison. There are plenty of ways to stay busy. You're never going to survive in prison unless you start getting busy. Jack Abramoff work-outreligiouswriting I'm not exactly the endorsement people are seeking. Jack Abramoff endorsementsseekingpeople 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. Jack Abramoff kniveshollywoodpeople They realize that spending millions to save billions is just good business. Jack Abramoff spendingrealizingbusiness 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 lobbyinglobbyistseffort 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 tryingfactsthinking In the past few years I have begun the process of becoming a new man. Jack Abramoff menpastyears If I read the articles about me, and I didn't know me, I would think I was Satan. Jack Abramoff articlessatanthinking I mean, money is a tool. Jack Abramoff toolsmean No one wants a domain with their name on it owned by somebody else. Jack Abramoff domainnameswant One of my personality defects, perhaps, is that I'm rather ADD, and I work on a bunch of things at once. Jack Abramoff personalitybunchadd 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 hurtmenpast 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. Jack Abramoff im-sorryregretmistake 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 lobbyistsgovernmenttrying
