Quotes About Politics

All this money washing around Washington and all of these contributions taint all of us.

If money is free speech, the big interests are sitting in front with megaphones and the average citizens are sitting in the back.

Everybody says that they're against the special interests. I'm the only one the special interests don't give any money to.

Much as banks don't care where your money's coming from, the Electoral College is all 'don't ask, don't care' when it comes to votes.

Let's treat politicians like Twinkies. They have to disclose their ingredients - i.e., where their money is from - but beyond that, let the buyer beware.

I would also say Barack Obama has spent much, much, much, much more money than the Republicans.

We don't have enough money to rebuild our own country if we're rebuilding everyone else's countries.

And, you know, money is - the money edge is really dangerous to democracy. Because what you have right now - people have said to me that, look, you'll always be outspent, so how can you ever win?

You've got to just follow the money [in Washington]. You see it. There's no countervailing power.

What I know is that taxation, as far as liberal Democrats are concerned, is not about money. It's about power.

Seventy-seven percent of the people that have given money to Bernie Sanders are people that have given less than 200 bucks. That's a lot of people, folks. That's a lot of enthusiasm.

Nobody gives you money for nothing, and that's the lesson with the Clintons. Nobody gives you money because they like you.

We're talking tens of thousands, millions, nobody gives you that kind of money without an expectation for it. It has to be paid back somehow. You pay it back with policy.

It's all about raising more money. And they have to keep this alive, so Hillary [Clinton] got cheated.

I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed.

At the end of the day, money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media.

Donald Trump disproved the notion that there is a direct dollar-for-dollar correlation between how much money you had in your traditional war chest and what your election outcome was going to be.

There is now a fairly crowded field out there of people who are incredibly wealthy that are giving money to advance their own political agendas.

Washington's a cesspool of money.

The decision as to why a show makes it has to do with politics and money.

Having the democrats watch your money is like having Michael Vick watch your dog for the weekend

He's earned all his money himself, with his fists. He didn't steal it like the rest of our politicians. And he'll be less tempted to steal if he gets in the chair.

Democracy is held captive, not just by money, but by ideas - the ideas that money buys.

I have respect for Senator McCain. I used to like him a lot. I supported him. I raised a lot of money for his campaign against President Obama.