Believe Quote by Ted Cruz

“And what about the other half of the election truism—that the amount of money spent on campaign finance is obscenely huge? In a typical…

— Steven D. Levitt

The cost of congressional and presidential campaigns has been leaping every two or four years. I think this year it will be 60 percent…

— Anonymous

Let me thank the 2 1/2 million Americans who helped fund our campaign with an unprecedented 8 million individual campaign contributions. Anyone know what…

— Bernie Sanders

We have two and half million individual campaign contributions, more than any campaign in history.

— Bernie Sanders

Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.

— Barry Goldwater

Campaigns are so much more expensive than people think they are. Just to keep the lights on is several thousand dollars a month.

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

“As Obama took office, America derived over 85 percent of its total energy from oil, gas, and coal. The business was enormous, with profits…

— Jane Mayer

Tens of millions of dollars spent, all meant to get Jeb Bush elected president. He currently is polling on average at around 5%.

— Chris Hayes

“almost $3 million into a group running television ads trying to tie Obama to the 1960s radical Bill Ayers during the 2008 campaign. “If…

— Jane Mayer

In the 2004 presidential election, we saw a wonderful example of citizens making contributions. In fact, individual giving to both the Kerry and Bush…

— Mark Shields

I think the presidency is a bad way to measure the effective campaign finance, because in the presidency, there is so much publicity, there's…

— David Brooks

Well I think money has been going into political campaigns for a very long time.

— Carly Fiorina