I'm not asking people to feel sorry for me.

Class envy is dangerous.

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

Well, I don't think most Americans are playing the super-PAC game. I think what you have is elites on both sides playing the super-PAC game.

I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.

If you make the choice to serve the public, public service, then serve the public, not yourself.

I'm a hypercompetitive individual.