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Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

Politics is the most corrupt profession on Earth, no matter where you are.

Politics, as the word is commonly understood, are nothing but corruptions.

What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.

People do not want politicians they know to be corrupt.

There is nothing more corrupting, nothing more destructive of the noblest and finest feelings of our nature, than the exercise of unlimited power.

I can tell you that too much money is corrupting American politics. Don't blame the American public. The U.S. Supreme Court has a lot to answer for, because it has made it impossible for Congress to reduce the corrupting influence of money on American political life.

The unending chase for money, I believe, threatens to steal our democracy itself. I've used the word 'corrupting,' and I want to be very clear about it: I mean by it not the corruption of individuals, but a corruption of a system itself that all of us are forced to participate in against our will.

Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are involved.

Unfortunately, corruption is widespread in government agencies and public enterprises. Our political system promotes nepotism and wasting money. This has undermined our legal system and confidence in the functioning of the state. One of the consequences is that many citizens don't pay their taxes.