Roger Stone Quotes

I also do not like the idea of soft money, these issue ads - people don't know where the money is coming from, millions and millions of dollars outside of the control of a candidate - there's no accountability.

Politics has become so expensive that it takes a lot of money even to be defeated.

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

We need a complete ban on soft money, which is sort of an enveloping problem, and a ceiling on the amount of money that can be spent on a given race.

All contributions by corporations to any political committee or for any political purpose should be forbidden by law.

More money is being spent on our elections, with less disclosure of where that money is coming from, than ever before.

It's pretty clear that Americans have a strong interest in knowing who's trying to influence their vote in elections.

You shouldn't have political action committees.

I'm not backed by the super PACs and the big corporations.

Unless public officials are wealthy and fund their own campaigns, the only place they can turn to is lobbyists and institutions like labor unions and corporations.

By law, super PACs are required to disclose their donors. There are groups that have never had to disclose their donors, non-profits such as the Sierra Club, Planned Parenthood, the NAACP, and the NRA. If you want more disclosure, super PACs are a step forward.

Unfortunately, money in politics is an insidious thing - and a loophole in our campaign finance system was taken advantage of with money going to existing or new 527 groups with the sole purpose of influencing the election.

I think we have to look at the whole way campaigns are financed. The No. 1 problem is PAC and special-interest money.

Few developments in campaigning have been as vilified and misunderstood as independent expenditure PACs, or, as they are colloquially known, super PACs.

I don't take PAC money. I don't take special interest money.

Much of the money raised in politics does not come free of charge.

American politics is money and thirty second spots.

Soft money is the silent killer of health care reform and other legislation we need.

Our democratic system is slowly being corroded and eroded by the influence of PAC money.

What is a super PAC? It’s like a PAC that got bitten by a radioactive lobbyist.

Not since the gilded age has our politics been opened so wide to corporate contribution and donations from secret sources.

The money in politics is a cash cow for the media.

We have to talk about the way we finance campaigns.

Both Obama and Romney are just rolling in PAC money. Plus, they have the super PAC's behind them. They've got multi-millionaires and billionaires just buying 30-second ads. It gives each of them tremendous exposure.

Wealthy individuals have always had the capacity to influence politics, of course, but only after two key campaign finance cases - Wisconsin Right to Life and and Citizens United, have they been able to do it in such a large and blatant way.