"One camp accepts the Court's limits on contributions……" — James L. Buckley
"One camp accepts the Court's limits on contributions but urges the reinstatement of spending caps - even if this requires a constitutional amendment subjecting political speech, if not pornography, to government regulation."
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James L. Buckley
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20 Quotes by James L. Buckley
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This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at…
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Unfortunately, in today's world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that…
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They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the…
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What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.
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In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the…
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I had hoped that the current presidential campaign debates might educate the public as to what is really involved in…
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If enough people openly engage in conduct once considered reprehensible, we rewrite the rule book and assume that God, as…
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The kind of corruption the media talk about, the kind the Supreme Court was concerned about, involves the putative sale…
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What distinguishes the campaign finance issue from just about every other one being debated these days is that the two…
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Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which…
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Given the difficulty of resisting such temptations over the longer run, a proper concern for the welfare of congressional souls…
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As a consequence, the Court ruled that the limits on campaign spending violated the First Amendment, but it accepted the…
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