Able Quote by Hank Johnson

“Sheldon Adelson, for example, gave more than $53 million to Super PACs, but all eight of the candidates he supported lost.59 Karl Rove, a…

— Laurence H. Tribe

I figured out Karl Rove's political strategy -- make gas so expensive, no Democrats can afford to go to the polls.

— John F. Kerry

Too many voters are already bought -- not by corporate campaign donors, but by the government itself.

— Joseph Sobran

The money that is spent in elections is absolutely unconscionable - even if it's private money. It's true that one's not corrupted by the…

— Millicent Fenwick

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

Today, you've got hedge fund billionaires aligned with Karl Rove, running ads against me to try to get Democrats to vote for you [Bernie…

— Hillary Clinton

There isn’t a person at the Koch brothers events who would not get a good return on their investment by investing in [Santorum] as…

— Foster Friess

Big money has hijacked our politics.

— Rashida Tlaib

If Republicans want to defend the rights of corporations and billionaires to spend unlimited, secret money in campaigns, then they should say so.

— Sheldon Whitehouse

The American people's vote can't be bought.

— Michele Bachmann

There is a reason why these people [from Wall Street] are putting huge amounts of money into our political system. And in my view,…

— Bernie Sanders

One thing I am scared of is the unlimited amounts of dark money that Republicans have access to in terms of the Koch Brothers,…

— Ted Lieu