Communication Quote by Alan K. Simpson

“The odd American idea that giving money to political campaigns is free speech means that the very rich have far more speech, and so…

— Timothy Snyder

Elections are a competition with only one winner. Giving more money to the opponent every time one speaks on behalf of a favored candidate…

— Bradley A. Smith

If candidates spend money on ads and other political speech and their opponents are rewarded with government handouts to attack them, that chills speech…

— Bradley A. Smith

“The odd American idea that giving money to political campaigns is free speech means that the very rich have far more speech, and so…

— Timothy Snyder

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

One of the greatest challenges of democracies today is the question of financing campaigns. It's a tremendous challenge. Obviously I think the solution is…

— Jose Angel Gurria

One way we exercise political freedom is to vote for the candidate of our choice. Another way is to use our money to try…

— Barry Goldwater

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

— Robert Scheer

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

— Newt Gingrich

For free-speech principles to be reinforced and free-market ideas to win the day, more people are going to have to stand up and be…

— Andrew Breitbart

“Elections are run by the public relations industry. Its primary task is commercial advertising, which is designed to undermine markets by creating uninformed consumers…

— Noam Chomsky

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