Citizens Quote by Mickey Edwards

Let individuals contribute as they desire; but let us prohibit in effective fashion all corporations from making contributions for any political purpose, directly or…

— Theodore Roosevelt

After Citizens United, unlimited money could go directly to a corporate entity that can tell people who to vote for, with names and polling…

— Zephyr Teachout

The American people, whether you are Democrat, independent, Republican, progressive, conservative, do not believe corporations are people or that corporations should be able to…

— Bernie Sanders

Corporations are not people. They shouldn't be funding. They shouldn't be funding campaigns at all.

— David Suzuki

As dismayed as Americans are with the influence of the special interests that finance election campaigns, they've been reluctant to embrace the alternative: taxpayer-financed…

— John Harwood

Corporations serve an important purpose, but telling people how to vote isn't one of them.

— Chellie Pingree

There is still the illusion that if we could declare corporations are not people or that money is not speech, all would be solved.…

— Lawrence Lessig

There's no doubt that there's a public backlash against the way campaign money is raised, but I don't think the only alternative is to…

— J. B. Pritzker

If power lies more and more in the hands of corporations rather than governments, the most effective way to be political is not to…

— Noreena Hertz

We need election systems that are free from fraud, discrimination, and partisan influence and that are more, not less, accessible to the citizens of…

— Eric Holder

The difference between corporations and governments is governments have a monopoly on force. It's a lot easier to vote with your feet or your…

— P. J. O'Rourke

The money that is spent in elections is absolutely unconscionable - even if it's private money. It's true that one's not corrupted by the…

— Millicent Fenwick