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

- Jack Abramoff

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

- Jack Abramoff

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

Washington's a dangerous place.

- Jack Abramoff

You can't beat somebody with nobody.

- Jack Abramoff

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 …

- Jack Abramoff

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 …

- Jack Abramoff

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? A…

- Jack Abramoff

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

- Jack Abramoff