Politics Quote by Joshua Green

“On Election Day, to the surprise of Romney and his backers, Democratic voters turned out in far bigger numbers than the Republicans expected. The…

— Jane Mayer

In the last presidential election Obama and Romney raised about $1 billion each. The Koch brothers, the second wealthiest family in America, now say…

— Bernie Sanders

Pension funds, endowments, and private investors trust Mitt Romney's former company Bain Capital enough to hand it billions of dollars in assets.

— Ronald Kessler

The Trump Foundation is a private-family foundation. They give virtually every cent in the Trump Foundation to charitable causes.

— Mike Pence

“the Koch brothers—owned virtually all of what had become under their leadership the second-largest private company in America. They owned four thousand miles of…

— Jane Mayer

“One attractive solution for enormously wealthy families like the Scaifes and the Kochs was to donate to their own private philanthropic foundations. By doing…

— Jane Mayer

“the foundations set up as tax shelters by the wealthy tended to spend as much money glorifying the donors' names and providing cushy jobs…

— Anne Stuart

Last month Mitt Romney raised $76 million. He found it in an old sport-coat pocket.

— David Letterman

“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

“The ease of relieving supporters of their money extended beyond campaign contributions. On being elected county executive, which was paid about $80,000 in today’s…

— Alec Macgillis

I have drifted away from thinking about these philanthropic things. And it was only as the wealth got large enough and Melinda and I…

— Bill Gates

“They made political contributions to party committees and candidates, such as Dole. Their business made contributions through its political action committee and exerted influence…

— Jane Mayer