Election Quote by Zephyr Teachout

The reality is that asking the public to fund political campaigns accomplishes nothing. Candidates continue to seek interest-group support through other channels, both financial…

— Bradley A. Smith

Much of what candidates have to do is raise money and appeal to constituencies or interest groups that can provide that money.

— Robert Scheer

No matter where you are on politics, I think it is wonderful to see candidates funding campaigns not by talking to a very small…

— David Brooks

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

— Carly Fiorina

There are a lot of people who worked extremely hard in the election who are still organized who know how to do door to…

— Patricia Ireland

Well, the elected officials in both parties are receiving campaign contributions and support through electioneering communications from groups that aren't technically affiliated with the…

— Richard Painter

Once I got into politics, I saw the real fight, where big money controls everything, and where politicians care more about campaign contributions than…

— Richard Ojeda

Political parties usually accept funding from large industrialists and are then obliged to bow down to the demands of these individuals. When the government…

— Atishi

This fundraising is consuming us. It's impossible to overstate, I think, what it's doing to members and their ability to just focus on the…

— John Sarbanes

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

Public financing would fix campaign donor problems.

— Hillary Clinton

“the foundations set up as tax shelters by the wealthy tended to spend as much money glorifying the donors' names and providing cushy jobs…

— Anne Stuart