Profiles in Corruption Quotes

“It is important to note that this deal was with the Chinese government—not with a Chinese company, which means that the Chinese government and the son of the vice president were now business partners.”
― Peter Schweizer, Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite

“Novelist and essayist George Orwell wrote the masterpiece 1984 about a dystopian future. But he was also a shrewd observer of political life in democracies. He warned about the political choices people make regularly in an elective system of government. “A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices.”4 The progressive message continues to be “hand us more power.” What they are asking us to do is ignore history—including their history—in how such power is actually exercised. We must ask ourselves: Why trust someone with more power when you cannot even trust them with the little they already have?”
― Peter Schweizer, Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite

“A people that elect corrupt politicians, imposters, thieves and traitors are not victims, but accomplices.”4”
― Peter Schweizer, Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite

“Biden was remarkably candid in that interview about raising money and his willingness to “prostitute” himself to do it. “You run the risk of deciding whether or not you’re going to prostitute yourself to give the answer you know they want to hear in order to get funded to run for that office,” he explained. “I went to the big guys for the money. I was ready to prostitute myself in the manner in which I talk about it, but what happened was they said, ‘Come back when you’re 40, son.’ ”16”
― Peter Schweizer, Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite

“Elizabeth Warren’s son-in-law appears to have financial ties to the Iranian government.”
― Peter Schweizer, Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite

“Despite Bernie’s outspoken attacks on corporate America, the Sanderses became quite comfortable investing in those same companies with their growing investment portfolio.”
― Peter Schweizer, Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite

“During the Obama presidency, Frank Biden’s charter schools received millions of dollars in federal grants.”
― Peter Schweizer, Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite

“Other victims of the fraud included several public and union pension plans.102 Although Hunter Biden was not charged in the case, his fingerprints were all over Burnham. The “legitimacy” that his name and political status as the vice president’s son lent to the plan was brought up repeatedly in the trial.103”
― Peter Schweizer, Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite

“But the problem is not just with accumulated power, but also with those who seek it. As scientist and author David Brin pointedly noted, “It is said that power corrupts, but actually it’s more true that power attracts the corruptible.”
― Peter Schweizer, Profiles in Corruption: Abuse of Power by America's Progressive Elite