Fear Quote by Chris Murphy

I don't know a politician who enjoys fundraising. The system is such that the American people have lost faith.

— John McCain

There are aspects of campaigning that I don't care for. I don't care for raising money and doing fundraisers, but you have to. It's…

— Marty Walsh

A politician without money for advertising is out of luck. They are not taken seriously.

— Robert Kane Pappas

Running for office in our country takes a lot of money, and candidates have to go out and raise it. New York is probably…

— Hillary Clinton

Donors want to meet famous people, and getting a high profile draw for a fundraiser is one way to boost both the crowd and…

— Carl Forti

While normal people have to disclose donations directly to a candidate, there is no such transparency on people donating to certain types of nonprofit…

— Elissa Slotkin

Many people in public life are not good campaigners.

— Sanjaya Baru

This fundraising is consuming us. It's impossible to overstate, I think, what it's doing to members and their ability to just focus on the…

— John Sarbanes

A lot of celebrities can raise money for you if you are running for political office.

— Dagen McDowell

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

The structure of private campaign finance has essentially pre-corrupted our politicians, so that they can't even recognize explicit bribery because it feels the same…

— Zephyr Teachout

People in show business who are interested in politics, like Ronald Reagan, fare so well because they do know the magic of dealing with…

— Liberace