To be fair, money and politics never work in a directly straight line. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Voters have a responsibility to make a judgment with whatever facts are available on Election Day. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
People think that the politician is just part of a system, and whether they're lying or not doesn't matter. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
President Trump is taking foreign money through his businesses, which is in violation of the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
There's a tendency, especially among academics, to see politics as deeply dirty and deeply egotistical. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Having more candidates come with a creative and artistic sensibility would actually bring more people out to vote. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
This is what's so hard about our current politics: things poll well, but people don't believe that politicians are telling the truth. — Zephyr Teachout 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 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
There's this myth out there that self-perpetuates that candidates believe that although the populace cares about corruption, they're not going to vote… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
I'm an FDR Democrat, and I really believe that the most important thing is the institutions of political parties, and engaging in… — Zephyr Teachout 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
People respond to political characters in archetypal ways. A fun game is to think of a politician and ask, "Which god is… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
I have always wanted to run for Attorney General, and I always wanted to have a baby, but I did not think… — 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 Copy Share Image
Until the 1980s, candidates spent a fraction of their time talking to donors; just a few weeks a year, a little more… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
A lot of politics plays at the level of myth, and if you understand that, then you feel like you have access… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Normally, politicians lie because they want to persuade us of the truth of what they are saying. A candidate for Congress will… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Dependence on private money to run campaigns causes pain to Republicans and Democrats alike - and business owners. It's time we did… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
I propose a full day of live one-on-one debates on unannounced issues, with no aides to help or reply. Each candidate would… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Every politician should go and spend time and visit prisons and jails. Because if you are choosing to exercise this kind of… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share Image
Amazon's outsized power is looking less and less like smart business and more and more like oppressive politics - one company bullying us all. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
I think part of the reason the Tea Party has resonated is that people feel disempowered. The Tea Party says, "You are out of… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
Integrity is hard work. I do think the internet makes it harder because of the temptations of performance. You can perform and have integrity,… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
I think a lot of the reason people are attracted to the Keystone pipeline is because at least we're doing something. There's a fear… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
If you think art is a competitive forum, then you're going to stop doing it if you're not good. But if it's not competitive,… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
A combination of working in politics as well as teaching and being [an actor] certainly helped. I became so much more comfortable in front… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
If those people in power never made any mistakes, we'd be done for as a democracy. But people keep making mistakes. History is a… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
Normally, politicians lie because they want to persuade us of the truth of what they are saying. A candidate for Congress will claim that… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
The Internet is an important organizing tool. But the goal of a campaign isn't to use the Internet for organizing; the goal is always… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
At a policy level, we can support protecting and serving as opposed to militarization or disproportionate response. Step one is making sure we don't… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
So the job of building structures, building a constitutional structure, is not just to punish those who behave badly but actually to protect people… — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
I joke about it being a millstone, but it never hurts to have a name that sticks out. — Zephyr Teachout Copy Share
