Against Quote by Kay Bailey Hutchison

Sure, some journalists use anonymous sources just because they’re lazy, and I think editors ought to insist on more precise identification even if they…

— Ben Bradlee

Public disclosure of campaign contributions and spending should be expedited so voters can judge for themselves what is appropriate.

— Mitch McConnell

My experience has proved that a man who is running for office, and is not willing to make his honest opinions known to the…

— William Randolph Hearst

There are those who think that the private lives of candidates are none of our business. But when those candidates ask us for our…

— Marlo Thomas

I don't think the candidate would be directly responsible for things that their supporters say, but when it gets to a certain level, they…

— David Brock

It is unfair to expect a politician to live in private up to the statements he makes in public.

— W. Somerset Maugham

They [candidates] say, "I don't want to say anything controversial." And so nobody covers them. Then they blame the journalists, saying "Why don't they…

— Roger Ailes

Trump may not like the fact that 20-plus anonymous sources provided the 'Times' with an unflattering portrait of his campaign, but that doesn't make…

— Kirsten Powers

Whoever the candidate is, whatever the election, you should be freely able to walk down the street without harassment, without intimidation.

— Lindsay Hoyle

I think people are distrustful of politicians and are looking for someone who is telling the truth with no hidden agenda.

— Mohamed ElBaradei

Anyone who gets his or her political news primarily from the New York Times (which made the ethically challenged carpetbagger Hillary a senator) is…

— Camille Paglia

I think it's a lack of journalistic integrity to print things with anonymous sources.

— Will Muschamp