Corruption Quote by Jane Mayer

Since I've been in the Senate, is that my work with people like Tom Coburn on opening up transparency in government, making sure that…

— Barack Obama

If everyone in America can easily see who and what their lawmakers are requesting taxpayer money for, we can keep elected officials honest, end…

— Kirsten Gillibrand

In the old days, money controlled politics. Today, information controls politics. So I think with the advent of the Internet, the power of wealth…

— Foster Friess

As long as government is allowed to collect all Internet data, the perceived exigency will drive honest civil servants to reach more broadly and…

— Yochai Benkler

A short exposure to the convention convinced me that the Internet may save the Democracy in that it is a way for the people,…

— John Jay Hooker

“The assumption soon proved wrong. Instead, as critics had warned, more and more of the money flooding into elections was spent by secretive nonprofit…

— Jane Mayer

“With every alleged ethics violation, with every brazen lie, with every deranged tweet, this administration leaves the public sphere more broken and degraded. Even…

— Naomi Klein

The sordid story of IRS corruption and political dirty tricks during the Obama years is widely known thanks to numerous documents and emails forced…

— Tom Fitton

I would answer with the words of the Stasi alumnus Wolfgang Schmidt, who was asked that question: "What about these Americans who say, I…

— Ray McGovern

As a columnist, I realize that whatever amount of corruption I expose, half my readers will block it out, although they may get a…

— Margaret Carlson

Fighting corruption by improving financial transparency may be one of the most effective ways of promoting liberty around the world.

— Tom Malinowski

The Internet may fairly be regarded as a never-ending worldwide conversation. The government may not, through the C.D.A., interrupt that conversation. As the most…

— Stewart Dalzell