New York Times Quotes

When I was in office the fundraising was done by the party treasurers.

The arms race for money being what it is, fundraising starts shortly after someone is elected to Congress.

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.

People have their constitutional right to contribute to a campaign and if they have discretionary money that they want to contribute to a candidate, whether a Republican or a Democrat, they should be able to do so.

A CBS spokesman said the network's policy was tightened in September 2006 to forbid contributions to political campaigns. Previously, there was a bit of wiggle room.

Campaign finance reform is vital. It is impossible for us to win, especially in committees, because we can never outbid the opposition.

Over half of your money will probably come from large donors and PACs. The rest of it you're going to fight tooth and nail for.

Congressman are spending too much time raising money.

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

So long as politicians need millions to win a seat in Congress and nearly a billion to contest the White House, they will sanctify the methods needed to raise such sums.

Raising campaign money from Washington PACs is much easier than from individuals because its a business relationship.

In a political contest, the use of some [money] is both right, and indispensable.

Public [campaign] financing and free television time are the things that will diminish the high influence that money has on politics.

Most important of all the structural reforms, we need to follow through on the recent Congressional effort to discipline the use of money in politics, by setting reasonable limits on campaign spending, limiting and publicizing individual and organizational gifts and channeling much more of the money (including … all general election spending) through the respective party committees rather than through individual candidates’ treasuries.

If we must have campaign contributions, this is the way to raise them. If you would start this method now, you would begin a tremendous reform.

Spending limits have proven a monumental failure at limiting campaign spending in presidential elections, merely diverting the money underground.

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

We have to talk about the way we finance campaigns.

Federal election laws bar candidates from the 'personal use' of campaign donations - a ban meant to stop candidates from buying things unrelated to their runs for office. If a purchase is a result of campaign activity, the government allows it.

A lot of celebrities can raise money for you if you are running for political office.

[Donald Trump] doesn't have the money to run commercials and I launched into a tirade on money in politics.

In the United States 95% of the people who win elections have the most money. That's it. So, money is a big part of elections. But that happens all the time.

The [Democratic] party is a bank. It collects money and gives it to TV stations.

The first thing you need to run for President is a budget of around $20 million dollars a day.

I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC.