As a result, I've been portrayed as a cynical barbarian preying on the very clients I was charged to defend.
Jack Abramoff

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.
Jack Abramoff

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.
Jack Abramoff

If I read the articles about me, and I didn't know me, I would think I was Satan.
Jack Abramoff

In the past few years I have begun the process of becoming a new man.
Jack Abramoff

Many of my e-mails have been maliciously taken out of context, another effort by those assaulting my career.
Jack Abramoff

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

This is really high on the priority list of tribal concerns. This is a cash cow in many circumstances, and tribes are concerned about protection of tribal assets.
Jack Abramoff

Words will not be able to ever express how sorry I am for this, and I have profound regret and sorrow for the multitude of mistakes and harm I have caused.
Jack Abramoff

You can't beat somebody with nobody.
Jack Abramoff