Campaign Quote by Robert Dallek

The CIO put up half a million dollars for Roosevelt's 1936 campaign and provided him with an immense group of active labor workers who…

— John T. Flynn

“Theodore Roosevelt, assailed the idea, declaring, “No amount of charity in spending such fortunes can compensate in any way for the misconduct in acquiring…

— Jane Mayer

The government paid the family of Richard Nixon $18 million for papers, tape recordings and other materials seized after Watergate.

— Dexter Scott King

“Lyndon Johnson. The junior congressman saw two things that no one else saw. The first was a possible connection between two groups that had…

— Robert A. Caro

As soon as Mr. Roosevelt took office, the Federal Reserve began to buy government securities at the rate of ten million dollars a week…

— Eustace Mullins

“The ease of relieving supporters of their money extended beyond campaign contributions. On being elected county executive, which was paid about $80,000 in today’s…

— Alec Macgillis

I mean [Franklin Delano] Roosevelt didn't - you know, when he came in, he didn't print any money.

— Warren Buffett

The top group of fundraisers for Mr. Obama raised $457,834 for his 2008 campaign - and were approved for federal grants and loans of…

— Jack Kelly

Alexander Hamilton has been on the $10 since 1928, he's been well honored by the country, he was a great Secretary of the Treasury.…

— Grover Norquist

President Johnson had a habit of throwing dollars at a question and the question would disappear.

— Wilbur Mills

“[Richard Bedford Bennett] was the richest Prime Minister and the only millionaire to hold office before Pierre Trudeau. His money obviously colored his thinking…

— Gordon Donaldson

For all Trump's criticisms of government, his family wealth came from feeding at the government trough. His father, Fred Trump, leveraged government housing programs…

— Nicholas Kristof