Connection Quote by Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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

Money often determines not only who gets elected, but what gets done. Which voices do lawmakers listen to, the banks or home owners, coal…

— Madeleine M. Kunin

What power has law where only money rules?

— Petronius

We live in a stage of politics, where legislators seem to regard the passage of laws as much more important than the results of…

— William Howard Taft

Lawmakers, sometimes they get surprised by something and they assess it to be powerful even when it's not really signaling that kind of capacity.

— Zeynep Tufekci

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

— Carl Menger

The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of…

— Anonymous

Money equals power; power makes the law; and law makes government.

— Anonymous

Who controls the issuance of money controls the government!

— Nathan Meyer Rothschild

The reason I give money to politicians within the limitations of the law is to allow them to put their message across to the…

— Haim Saban

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

— Earl Warren

The government transfers income and wealth according to the rules of politics, which make politicians the primary beneficiaries of the system, and the poor…

— Hans F. Sennholz