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Class envy is dangerous.

Jack Abramoff

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Jack Abramoff
Age: 66
Born: 1958
Born: February 28
Film Producer
Lawyer
Lobbyist
Atlantic City
New Jersey
Envy
Dangerous
Class

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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.
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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.
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I'm not trying to become popular.
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If I read the articles about me, and I didn't know me, I would think I was Satan.
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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.
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A senator will come off Capitol Hill and they'll be barred from two years from lobbying in the Senate. So they'll pick the phone up and they'll call their buddy, the senator, their old buddies, and they'll say, 'Listen, I'm here at this law firm now. I can't lobby you, but my new partner, Jack, can lobby you.'
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As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend.
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I don't pay much attention to sports.
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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.
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I can't vote again ever, so political party is not a relevant thing for me.
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If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.
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No one wants a domain with their name on it owned by somebody else.
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Congress doesn't hate Congress.
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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.
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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.
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I think the American people deserve somebody telling them what is really happening in Washington.
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They realize that spending millions to save billions is just good business.
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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.
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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.
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Access is vital in lobbying. If you can't get in your door, you can't make your case.
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