Act Quote by Bradley A. 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

It is essential that there should not only be a limit on campaign spending but it should be required to say where that money…

— Bill Scott

“And what about the other half of the election truism—that the amount of money spent on campaign finance is obscenely huge? In a typical…

— Steven D. Levitt

Well, the elected officials in both parties are receiving campaign contributions and support through electioneering communications from groups that aren't technically affiliated with the…

— Richard Painter

You have a burden going into any campaign when you're raising money to fund that effort because there's always a desire to spend more…

— Rahm Emanuel

People have their constitutional right to contribute to a campaign and if they have discretionary money that they want to contribute to a candidate,…

— Brian Sandoval

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

New York state and federal election laws allow us to make unlimited expenditures on behalf of or in opposition to candidates so long as…

— Tom Golisano

We have two and half million individual campaign contributions, more than any campaign in history.

— Bernie Sanders

It is one thing to talk about fundraising and another to do it as a candidate, and I have learned so much about how…

— DeRay Mckesson

The American people have a right to know the source of the money that is being spent. They should be told who is behind…

— Hank Johnson

Ultimately, the question of campaign contributions will be decided by the public.

— Stephen Breyer