Democracy Quote by Grand Central Publishing

“Lobby—a peculiar institution for bribing, bulldozing, and corrupting the legislators who were supposed to represent the people's interests.”

— Jack London

“Now more than ever before, the people are responsible for the character of their Congress. If that body be ignorant, reckless, and corrupt, it…

— Anonymous

“The corruption of our politicians, our leaders, and the heads of big corporations didn’t suddenly happen when they found themselves in influential roles; it…

— Troy Hadeed

“Members of Congress are like the voters in one respect -- they want to go with the winners.”

— Ralph Nader

“Most politicians are corrupt as they do not represent the masses that voted for them, but rather they choose to return numerous favors to…

— Steven Magee

“the United States government was at the mercy of special-interest groups, lobbies like the National Rifle Association and the American Medical Association, the automobile…

— Joyce Carol Oates

“The wealthy exert a commanding influence over the state through virtually unlimited political campaign contributions, armies of lobbyists, the revolving door that shuffles former…

— David A. Nibert

“A politician in our democratic government is a broker for the use of government force to the highest bidders.”

— Erne Lewis

“That Congress saw what was right, but distrusted the enlightenment of the loyal masses; but what was forborne in distrust of the people must…

— Frederick Douglass

“As for the politicians, like everyone else in America, they were motivated by money, not ideals.”

— Charles Dickens

“It was nonsense to talk about its being a sacrifice to come there; for if it were, they would not see so many grasping…

— David Crockett

“We had to struggle with the old enemies of peace - business and financial monopoly, speculation, reckless banking, class antagonism, sectionalism, war profiteering. They…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt