Political Quotes

“I speak to a lot of college students around the State of Illinois. Every time I stand in front of those students, they look me straight in the eye and they say to me, Congressman, we do not trust any of you guys anymore. You are all in it for yourselves. You are all in it for the special interests. No one is in it for us any longer. When I inquire of those students as to why they do not trust their government, why they see their government as the enemy rather than their friend, they always look me straight in the eye and they say, Congressman, just follow the money, just follow the money. You will know why we do not trust you. They are not wrong. Those students know that money in our government today leads to access, and access leads to influence, and influence leads to policymaking that is not always in the best interest of all of our people. Trust is the glue that holds our democratic system together. Without trust, it begins to unravel for all of us. If there is anything important in America, it is that every citizen ought to enjoy equal access to every door of representation in this government.”