Buying Quote by P. J. O'Rourke

Members of the legislature, people who have run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

“Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests. As long as ours is…

— Earl Warren

I think members of the legislature, people who have to run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get…

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Legislators represent people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests.

— Earl Warren

If becoming a member of Congress is like going to college, then crafting legislation is our homework.

— Jared Polis

To buy is to create. If you buy, then of course things will be created.

— Wu Shanzhuan

What I have come to realize over the twenty years when I have worked in different roles as a legislator is that no legislation…

— Margrethe Vestager

Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act.

— Carl Menger

Legislation is about three fundamental things - affordability, access, and quality. That's what the American people want.

— Sylvia Mathews Burwell

The most numerous objects of legislation belong to the States. Those of the National Legislature [are] but few.

— Rufus King

Within neoliberal narratives, the message is clear: Buy/ sell/ or be punished.

— Henry Giroux

Fundamental problem in American democracy is that we are allowing congressmen and senators to be bought and sold like sneakers.

— Alex Gibney