Quotes About Politics

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.

Our Congress is the finest body of men money can buy.

Much of what candidates have to do is raise money and appeal to constituencies or interest groups that can provide that money.

We're spending money that we don't have to solve a problem that doesn't exist at the behest of people we didn't elect.

Look, Congress has allocated more money to finance the upcoming Iraqi elections than it has for the American elections. There's something wrong with that.

The idea that money is corrupting innocent politicians would be laughable if it did not lead to such dangerous legislation.

A rich man told me recently that a liberal is a man who tells other people what to do with their money.

Lobbyist influence comes from access, not money.

I give money to everybody. When they call, I give. And you know what, when I need something from them two years later, three years later, I call them and they are there for me.

Let me tell you, it's a lot easier to raise money for a governor. They have all kinds of business to hand out, road contracts, construction jobs, you name it.

It's curious that only in Washington can you spend $2 billion and claim that you're saving money.

It's only socialism if the money goes down, not up.

I can spend your money better than you can.

Saddam Hussein's trial would not be public since he could name countries and persons whom he gave money.

In politics, throwing the taxpayers' money at disasters is supposed to show your compassion. But robbing Peter to pay Paul is not compassion. It is politics.

Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics.

We got plenty of money in Washington. What we need is more priority.

The problem isn't too little money in political campaigns, but not enough.

Most election analysts in the U.S. habitually confuse the sound of money talking with the voice of the people.

Europeans used to be proud to be the advanced form of democracy. Now they're definitely a little bit ashamed because we are seeing that finally, the bond that we had, it was money.

Speech doesn't corrupt. Money corrupts, and money isn't speech.

We've had a Congress that's spent money like John Edwards at a beauty shop.

Newt Gingrich's campaign is broke. All the money gone. So now he's charging $50 for a photo. And for $100 you can marry him.

Democrats always were a cheap lot. They never had much money to operate on.... They would rather make a speech than a dollar. They cultivate their voice instead of their finances.