Democracy Quote by T.R. Reid

Any time some politician tells you it's not about the money, it's about the money.

— Ted Cruz

If money is a form of speech, as the Supreme Court has regrettably found, rich donors will always be the loudest speakers.

— Howard Dean

“The odd American idea that giving money to political campaigns is free speech means that the very rich have far more speech, and so…

— Timothy Snyder

“The odd American idea that giving money to political campaigns is free speech means that the very rich have far more speech, and so…

— Timothy Snyder

If money is free speech, the big interests are sitting in front with megaphones and the average citizens are sitting in the back.

— John McCain

While money is used to finance speech, money is not speech.

— John Paul Stevens

Money talks; there's no question about it.

— Ara Parseghian

Politics is not about money.

— Paul Wellstone

Speech doesn't corrupt. Money corrupts, and money isn't speech.

— Russ Feingold

Democracy is held captive, not just by money, but by ideas - the ideas that money buys.

— William Greider

I've been a politician and so I'm sometimes cynical about what politicians won't do. When I hear a politician say something that makes no…

— Allan Boesak

Money is property; it is not speech.

— John Paul Stevens