John Ashcroft Quotes

Those who have lobbyists are more likely to get what they want …. Those who have more money [to spend on lobbying] are more likely to prevail.

Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that.

It is campaign money that calls the tune, a fact recognized by every politician within a few minutes after getting into politics.

Politicians don’t have a spine any more. They pander to whoever will give them money

Anyone who has been around Washington politics long enough can't avoid this truism: Election-year money is like a rushing river that invariably finds cracks in any dam the reformers erect.

It is money, money, money! Not ideas, not principles, but money that reigns supreme in American politics.

All elections revolve around and are often resolved by who raises the most money. That's unfair. I'd like to see that process changed, but it seems once you win and get to Congress, that doesn't happen.

By the time a man gets to be presidential material, he's been bought ten times over.

Big money is ruining the political system.

Eventually, money wins in politics.

America has the best congress money can buy.

People who think the might in Washington can be persuaded, or corrupted if you will, by anything less than voters just doesn’t understand what its about and never will. They don’t know what Washington juice is made of.

Large sums of money really unbalance the democratic process.

Special interests and Congress are too closely connected and the ties that bind are the millions spent on campaigns.

Members of Congress like us for our information, but they love us for our money.

On Capitol Hill money doesn't talk. It bellows.

The Federal campaign contribution limit of $2,500 is way too low. You can’t even buy a Democrat for $2,500.

Money is influential in Congress, but votes will kick money’s ass any time they come up against each other.

You can’t solve a problem by throwing money at it, but you can get a Senate majority by throwing money at it.

And when the guy [politician] says “Yes, I took money, but it didn’t influence my vote”? Oh, come on. The company that’s giving you the money thinks it is going to influence the vote. Why else would they give you the money?

Money is the mother's milk of politics

They are one of the most profitable industries in the world, and they’re throwing money into Washington DC. They’re buying politicians.

Donald Trump came to a political field that had already been shaped by big money in politics.

Until we make campaigns affordable, then we're going to have too many members of Congress out rattling the cup with special interest groups.

When dealing with American politics, you try to follow the money, and that's where it leads you. It doesn't take you to the electoral college or to Princeton. It takes you down the darker alleys of American life.