Banana republics are run on cronyism.

“That really your kind of crowd? These effete psychos who want to relive the seedier aspects of the Roman empire? These are the kind…

— Laird Barron

Before the military coup in Chile, we had the idea that military coups happen in Banana Republics, somewhere in Central America. It would never…

— Isabel Allende

We're seeing so many people come around and say, "Listen, we want a real conservative. We don't want a Washington dealmaker who will support…

— Ted Cruz

Economic analysis is the first principle of Marxism. Professors who were genuine leftists would have challenged the entire economics-driven machinery of American academe the…

— Camille Paglia

Far from trying to rig the system, I have spent decades opposing cronyism and all political favors, including mandates, subsidies and protective tariffs -…

— Charles Koch

Like Russia's gangsterism and Bush's cronyism, contemporary Iraq is a creation of the fifty-year crusade to privatize the world. Rather than being disowned by…

— Naomi Klein

“it's the most familial-based societies where the sense of obligation is strongest, that breed the worst nepotism and cronyism.”

— Franklin Foer

The stimulus was a case of political patronage, corporate welfare, and cronyism at their worst.

— Paul Ryan

I'm disappointed, depressed, and demoralized. [...] It is very hard to avoid the conclusion that President Bush flinched from a fight on constitutional philosophy.…

— William Kristol

“There is an inequality problem involved in cronyism, however: cronyism is an example of political inequality. It allows a privileged group of people to…

— Don Watkins

The science only perpetuates the vicious cycle of cronyism, power-mongering, influence peddling, corruption, bureaucracy, all of that.

— Deepak Chopra

To end cronyism we must end government's ability to dole out favors and rig the market.

— Charles Koch

Who knew, in 2000, that compassionate conservatism meant bigger government, unrestricted government spending, government intrusion in personal matters, government ineptitude, and cronyism in disaster…

— Christopher Buckley

I call crony capitalism, where you take money from successful small businesses, spend it in Washington on favored industries, on favored individuals, picking winners…

— Paul Ryan

There's been so much corruption and so much cronyism in the taxi industry and so much regulatory capture, that if you ask for permission…

— Travis Kalanick