Integrity is hard work. I do think the internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and… — Zephyr Teachout Hard work Copy Share Image
The attorney general of New York state has a special authority and responsibility to preserve the integrity of businesses and nonprofits in… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Every district is going to be different, but if you wanted me to give advice to those candidates: Run your own campaign,… — Zephyr Teachout Advice Copy Share Image
If the publicly passed campaign finance laws had not been struck down by the Supreme Court, Club for Growth Action would be… — Zephyr Teachout Action Copy Share Image
The Internet doesn't just enable cool avatars and the shorter form. It also allows the deeper form: cross-linked blog posts, extensive research,… — Zephyr Teachout Avatars Copy Share Image
One of the more important things the Bernie Sanders campaign did is reach people who are political but not electorally political. They're… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Wealthy individuals have always had the capacity to influence politics, of course, but only after two key campaign finance cases - Wisconsin… — Zephyr Teachout Campaign finance Copy Share Image
The federal government has shown little willingness to stand up to corporate monopolies, and use its powers under the existing antitrust statutes,… — Zephyr Teachout Antitrust Copy Share Image
Talking to Republicans who aren't leaders - that's not very difficult both on anti-trust and on campaign finance reform. I think it's… — Zephyr Teachout Campaign finance Copy Share Image
The way we fund campaigns is a feminist issue and a race issue. If you want more representation, you can't say it's… — Zephyr Teachout Campaigns Copy Share Image
And my whole life I've been focused on questions of anti-corruption laws, on constitutional law, and it's essential that the power of… — Zephyr Teachout Constitutional law Copy Share Image
I mean this is a revolution in how campaigns work - more money was spent by super PACs than by either myself… — Zephyr Teachout Money Copy Share Image
The science doesn't prove Common Core's effective. So I guess what I mean is science is an essential part of any decision-making… — Zephyr Teachout Common core Copy Share Image
Women are routinely demeaned, dismissed, discouraged and assaulted. Too many women's careers are stymied or ended because of harassment and abuse. In… — Zephyr Teachout Abuse Copy Share Image
I think a lot of campaigns mis-learned the lessons of Obama 2008. They overly focused on the particular tools, and less so… — Zephyr Teachout Campaigns Copy Share Image
I think a lot of the reason people are attracted to the Keystone pipeline is because at least we're doing something. There's… — Zephyr Teachout Acting Copy Share Image
At a policy level, we can support protecting and serving as opposed to militarization or disproportionate response. Step one is making sure… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Congress is corrupt, gridlocked, broken, dysfunctional. It's not working and we need it working again. It's not going to get fixed by… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
The tools Facebook provides make discrimination easy. Facebook has monopoly profit margins, so it could easily provide real staffing to protect against… — Zephyr Teachout Discrimination Copy Share Image
I think part of the reason the Tea Party has resonated is that people feel disempowered. The Tea Party says, "You are… — Zephyr Teachout Big government Copy Share Image