Citizens Quote by Henry Rollins

“after Citizens United was that the business of manipulating politics from the ground up was now heavily directed and funded by the unelected rich.…

— Jane Mayer

The Citizens United ruling did not invent special-interest spending; it enables corporations and unions to advocate directly on behalf of a candidate rather than…

— Nina Easton

As a result of the Citizens United Supreme Court decision, American democracy is being undermined by the ability of the Koch brothers and other…

— Bernie Sanders

All Citizens United did was to level the playing field for corporate speech. We now have, I think, the most free and open system…

— Mitch McConnell

In order to preserve our democracy we must come together to end the corrupting influence of money in politics - and we cannot do…

— Dean Phillips

Democracy no longer works for the poor if politicians treat them as a separate race.

— Frank Field

“Far from the Supreme Court majority’s assumption in the Citizens United case that political spending would be transparent, the Kochs and their partners took…

— Jane Mayer

I'm tired of hearing it said that democracy doesn't work. Of course it doesn't work. We are supposed to work it.

— Alexander Woollcott

Politically, as a result of Citizens United, billionaires are now able to spend as much money as they want on campaigns, which means that…

— Bernie Sanders

Money greases the wheel of American democracy and corrupts it all.

— Andy Dunn

“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

We must reduce the influence of money in politics, beginning by overturning Citizens United and taking back our system from the millionaires and billionaires…

— Patty Judge