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.

5,728Total Quotes in the Archive
AllAlex JonesAlina HabbaAndrew ClydeAnn CoulterAnthony ScaramucciBill BarrBrendan CarrByron DonaldsCharlie KirkChristine O’DonnellChuck GrassleyCorey LewandowskiDan BonginoDonald TrumpDonald Trump Jr.Doug BurgumElise StefanikElon MuskEnrique TarrioEric TrumpGeorge SantosGreg GutfeldHerschel WalkerHillary ClintonHope HicksHoward LutnickIvanka TrumpJack PosobiecJacob ChansleyJames ComerJames ComeyJD VanceJeanine PirroJenna EllisJesse WattersJim JordanJohn EastmanJosh HawleyKari LakeKaroline LeavittKash PatelKayleigh McEnanyKellyanne ConwayKimberly GuilfoyleKristi NoemLaura LoomerLauren BoebertLindsey GrahamLouie GohmertMadison CawthornMarco RubioMarjorie Taylor GreeneMark RobinsonMatt GaetzMehmet OzMichael CohenMichael FlynnMike JohnsonMike LindellMike PenceMo BrooksNancy MaceNewt GingrichPam BondiPaul GosarPete HegsethPeter NavarroRick ScottRobert F. Kennedy Jr.Roger StoneRon DeSantisRon JohnsonRonna McDanielRoy MooreRudy GiulianiRussell VoughtSarah Huckabee SandersSean HannitySean SpicerSebastian GorkaSharron AngleSidney PowellStephanie GrishamStephen MillerSteve BannonSteve KingSteve ScaliseTed NugentTim ScottTom HomanTommy TubervilleTucker CarlsonTulsi GabbardVivek Ramaswamy
100 quotes from James Comey
“We cannot find a case that would support bringing criminal charges on these facts.”
— James Comey
July 5, 2016
FBI
“The FBI is and always will be independent.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017
Senate Intelligence Committee
“I understood him to be saying what he wanted me to do.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey describing his interpretation of Trump's Flynn request.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“The Administration then chose to defame me.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey's characterization of statements made following his dismissal.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“I'm responsible for it.”
— James Comey
December 15, 2019   •   Comey accepting responsibility as FBI Director for failures in the Carter Page FISA process.
Fox News Sunday
“The FBI is strong.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017
Senate Intelligence Committee
“We do not see those things here.”
— James Comey
July 5, 2016   •   Referring to factors such as intentional mishandling, disloyalty or obstruction found in previous classified-information prosecutions.
FBI
“There was real sloppiness.”
— James Comey
December 15, 2019   •   Comey responding to the Inspector General's finding of 17 significant inaccuracies or omissions in Carter Page FISA applications.
Fox News Sunday
“The most important question is, is it systemic?”
— James Comey
December 15, 2019   •   Comey discussing whether FISA-process failures extended to other cases.
Fox News Sunday
“He's right. I was wrong.”
— James Comey
December 15, 2019   •   Comey agreeing with Inspector General Michael Horowitz's criticism of the FISA process.
Fox News Sunday
“That is a very big deal.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey discussing the significance of Russian interference in an American election.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“They'll be back.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017
Senate Intelligence Committee
“I'm good with it.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey saying he had no objection to recordings of his conversations being released.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“It was an active measures campaign driven from the top of that government.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey describing the U.S. intelligence assessment of Russian election interference.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“I had repeatedly assured him that I did intend to stay.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017
Senate Intelligence Committee
“I could be wrong.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey acknowledging uncertainty about his interpretation of Trump's intent.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“We are expressing to Justice our view that no charges are appropriate in this case.”
— James Comey
July 5, 2016
FBI
“I don't know of anyone that's ever been charged for hoping something.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey's response when asked whether Trump's use of the word "hope" itself constituted a criminal offense.
Senate Intelligence Committee
“None of these e-mails should have been on any kind of unclassified system.”
— James Comey
July 5, 2016   •   Discussing classified information found in Hillary Clinton's email.
FBI
“I didn't obey that.”
— James Comey
June 8, 2017   •   Comey discussing Trump's statement that he hoped Comey could let the Flynn matter go.
Senate Intelligence Committee