Arianna Huffington Quotes

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.

I think the idea of getting money out of politics is critical.

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.

One of the biggest issues for me is campaign finance reform.

I am a passionate advocate of getting special interest money out of politics.

I would do away with super PACs. I think it's a cancer.

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

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 and in-kind, and corruption problems abound.

There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.

I don't think politicians should be allowed to take money for their campaigns from outside interests.

I'm convinced that unless you have some public financing of elections, you are never going to remove the power of wealthy interests over elected officials.

Money in politics is a huge issue.

It is very important at this juncture to eliminate the influence of big money and special interests in politics.

For me, it all comes down to one issue: if we can get money out of political systems, the whole world will change.

The Republican Party I represented proudly for 18 years did not shy away from taking on special-interest money when it conflicted with constituents' needs.

Talking to Republicans who aren't leaders - that's not very difficult both on anti-trust and on campaign finance reform. I think it's a lot more complicated when you talk to highly funded leaders - that's the innate, deeply problematic part of our politics.

There's no doubt that there's a public backlash against the way campaign money is raised, but I don't think the only alternative is to elect people with money.

Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.

The role of money in politics is a major problem and particularly the role of unchecked anonymous money.

With every new class of representatives that comes to Congress, there is a greater recognition of the perils of private financing of campaigns. I believe that by pulling back the curtain on the daily pressures faced by members of Congress, we can show the public how critical this reform is to the salvation of our democracy.

We have a cleaner system of government in this state where people run based on their ideas, not based on their ability to raise money.

To my mind, if we do not get a handle on money in politics and the degree to which big money controls the political process in this country, nobody is going to bring about the changes that is needed in this country for the middle class and working families.

The only tool we have to fix the problems of this country - the democratic process - is itself broken. Which is why nothing will fundamentally change until we solve the problem of money in politics.

The elected officials should be working for the voters who elected them. Money corrupts the process. Why would you be giving a candidate money unless you expect something in return?

The politicians already in office don't want to change. A few might have it in their hearts to change and to start working for the people, but even some of the most progressive politicians are silent because they know that the candidate with the most money wins.