Being Quote by Naveen Patnaik

The way to solve all the money in politics is not to pretend we can get money out of politics. That will never happen.…

— Mark Shields

Political parties usually accept funding from large industrialists and are then obliged to bow down to the demands of these individuals. When the government…

— Atishi

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

— Caroline Kennedy

The reality is that asking the public to fund political campaigns accomplishes nothing. Candidates continue to seek interest-group support through other channels, both financial…

— Bradley A. Smith

If a political party does not have its foundation in the determination to advance a cause that is right and that is moral, then…

— Dwight D. Eisenhower

“Most politicians are corrupt as they do not represent the masses that voted for them, but rather they choose to return numerous favors to…

— Steven Magee

The key to fixing public financing is to free politics from big money.

— Zephyr Teachout

The structure of private campaign finance has essentially pre-corrupted our politicians, so that they can't even recognize explicit bribery because it feels the same…

— Zephyr Teachout

The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.

— Paul Wellstone

Money and donations are an important part of our political system. They are hard power.

— Joseph Nye

Our entire political system is financed by wealthy private interests buying politicians and making sure the rules are written in their favor.

— Michelle Alexander

The only way to get money out of politics is to get politics out of money-making.

— Richard Salsman