Able Quote by Lawrence Lessig

We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics.

— Tom Daschle

What we need to do is to stand up to the big money interests, and the campaign contributors. When we do that, we can,…

— Bernie Sanders

Stemming the tide of special interest campaign cash - and restoring fiscal responsibility in Congress - is no easy task. But there is one…

— Alan K. Simpson

Let us wage a moral and political war against the billionaires and corporate leaders, on Wall Street and elsewhere, whose policies and greed are…

— Bernie Sanders

I certainly want campaign finance reform. I just wish this would do it in a way that would stand up to a constitutional challenge.

— Ben Nelson

Dependence on private money to run campaigns causes pain to Republicans and Democrats alike - and business owners. It's time we did something about…

— Zephyr Teachout

That's why I say no matter your number one issue, please make campaign finance reform your number two - because we cannot address our…

— Dean Phillips

We need to prioritize ending the influence of corporate special interests and secret money on politicians by limiting the amount of money they can…

— Tina Smith

I am an advocate... of public financing for years. That is the one way to get money out of politics. I believe that would…

— Christopher Dodd

Our federal government, which was intended to operate as a very limited constitutional republic, has instead become a virtually socialist leviathan that redistributes trillions…

— Ron Paul

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

“If we don’t enact sweeping campaign finance reform we will never see progress on the major issues facing our country… as the special interests…

— Wendell Potter