KAKISTOCRACY (noun) — Government by the worst, least qualified, or most unscrupulous people.
In Their Own Words

Quotes

A searchable collection of documented public statements from people covered by the Kakistocracy Files.

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5728 quotes
“But I had 25,000 people.”
— Donald Trump
August 8, 2024   •   Trump contrasting a stated estimate of his January 6 audience with his characterization of Martin Luther King Jr.'s crowd.
Mar-a-Lago Press Conference
“It exposes concerns that reach far beyond this case.”
— Bill Barr
June 4, 2020   •   Barr discussing George Floyd's death and policing.
Department of Justice
“The purpose of our deal and the spirit of our treaty has been totally violated.”
— Donald Trump
January 20, 2025   •   Trump alleging Panama had violated the spirit of agreements governing the canal. Panama disputed Trump's allegations.
Second Inaugural Address
“Big Tech must be held accountable.”
— Chuck Grassley
April 29, 2025   •   Grassley discussing online fentanyl trafficking and social-media companies.
Office of Senator Chuck Grassley
“I know what it feels like to be pulled over for no reason.”
— Tim Scott
April 28, 2021   •   Scott discussing his personal experiences with racial profiling.
Republican Response to President Biden's Joint Address
“The President has every right to protect this country.”
— Jeanine Pirro
October 3, 2026   •   Pirro discussing Trump's immigration and border policies.
Justice with Judge Jeanine
“I want him to win.”
— Lindsey Graham
October 3, 2026   •   Graham expressing support for Trump's 2024 presidential campaign.
Lindsey Graham media remarks
“President Trump is the leader of the conservative movement.”
— Kimberly Guilfoyle
February 26, 2021   •   Guilfoyle arguing that Trump remained the dominant leader of the conservative movement after leaving office.
CPAC 2021
“What a stupid question.”
— Karoline Leavitt
October 3, 2026   •   Leavitt responding to a reporter during a White House exchange.
White House
“Today, people are still trying to control the weather.”
— Marjorie Taylor Greene
September 17, 2025
House DOGE Subcommittee hearing on weather modification
“I'm here on behalf of the President's policies.”
— Russell Vought
January 23, 2025   •   Vought distinguished his confirmation testimony from policy proposals previously issued by the Center for Renewing America.
Senate Budget Committee confirmation hearing
“They don't shop where you shop.”
— Jesse Watters
October 3, 2026   •   Watters arguing that political elites were insulated from inflation.
Fox News — Jesse Watters Primetime
“We would never get to a majority.”
— Newt Gingrich
October 3, 2026   •   Gingrich explaining why he believed an exclusively anti-Clinton campaign would have been insufficient in 1994.
PBS — Center Ring
“I know more about renewables than any human being on Earth.”
— Donald Trump
August 5, 2016   •   Campaign rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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“I don't think you and I could have imagined it as a novel.”
— Newt Gingrich
August 1, 2021   •   Gingrich describing his astonishment at events surrounding the Afghanistan withdrawal.
Fox News — The Ingraham Angle
“Serious crisis at home, serious crisis abroad.”
— Sean Hannity
January 20, 2022
Hannity / Fox News
“I wanted to always play it down. I still like playing it down.”
— Donald Trump
March 19, 2020   •   Recorded interview with Bob Woodward discussing coronavirus.
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“No one has protected America the way Donald Trump has protected America.”
— Howard Lutnick
July 20, 2025   •   Lutnick praising Trump's trade policies.
CBS — Face the Nation
“I also cannot in good conscience support Donald Trump.”
— Lindsey Graham
May 9, 2016
U.S. Senate