Easy Quote by Alan K. Simpson

Our federal government, which was intended to operate as a very limited constitutional republic, has instead become a virtually socialist leviathan that redistributes trillions…

— Ron Paul

We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics.

— Tom Daschle

With the growing influence of big money in politics, it's time for Congress to reform America's outdated campaign finance system.

— Ben Ray Lujan

Dependence on private money to run campaigns causes pain to Republicans and Democrats alike - and business owners. It's time we did something about…

— Zephyr Teachout

The reality is that asking the public to fund political campaigns accomplishes nothing. Candidates continue to seek interest-group support through other channels, both financial…

— Bradley A. Smith

We need to prioritize ending the influence of corporate special interests and secret money on politicians by limiting the amount of money they can…

— Tina Smith

The need for collecting large campaign funds would vanish if Congress provided an appropriation for the proper and legitimate expenses of each of the…

— Theodore Roosevelt

With every new class of representatives that comes to Congress, there is a greater recognition of the perils of private financing of campaigns. I…

— Chris Murphy

I think there is an overwhelming support for campaign finance reform, and that includes conservatives and Republicans. Where the problem is is with the…

— Richard Painter

What we have now is a situation where politicians get a whole bunch of money from mainly business interests. Then once they hold that…

— Matt Taibbi

What we need to do is to stand up to the big money interests, and the campaign contributors. When we do that, we can,…

— Bernie Sanders

“If we don’t enact sweeping campaign finance reform we will never see progress on the major issues facing our country… as the special interests…

— Wendell Potter