Will Rogers Quotes

Eventually, money wins in politics.

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

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

Politics has become unbelievably and unfortunately way too much about how much money is involved rather than what kind of ideas are involved.

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

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

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

Congressman are spending too much time raising money.

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

We have to get rid of the constant fundraising that happens inside the Congress. Before, political parties used to raise money; now, individual members are raising money through the DCCC and the RCCC. It is absolutely corrupt.

I have the most reliable friend you can have in American politics, and that is ready money.

Now, the typical way you make good things happen in Washington is you find a bunch of wealthy companies who agree with you.

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

Have you ever seen a candidate talking to a rich person on television?

There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.

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

My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you where the American people are going to be.

Rule of Dark Matter: SuperPAC dollars cannot be seen by most voters but account for most of the money in this universe.

Spending limits not only do not work, they have the perverse effect of making special interests more powerful and more influential.

The principal reasons that special interests can extract their price from government is money .... Those who do not accept money from PACs are those who have other sources.

Money in politics is like ants in your kitchen. You close all the holes and get them all out or they'll find their way in again.

Money in politics leads to bad things—and I am bipartisan in that view.

People correctly perceive that the most powerful thing in Washington is money.

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

American politics is money and thirty second spots.