Larry King Quotes

The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.

Whenever the very rich hold views at odds with those of the entire population, the federal government tends to do the rich's bidding.

Do the elected officials in Washington stand with ordinary Americans - working families, children, the elderly, the poor - or will the extraordinary power of billionaire campaign contributors and Big Money prevail? The American people, by the millions, must send Congress the answer to that question.

The rich are hijacking American democracy.

The job of elected leaders is to deliver results that represent the interests of the citizens who placed them in a position of authority with their voice, their vote. But these days, money talks louder.

Exxon, Coca-Cola, BHP Billiton and News Corporation have much more say in organising the global agenda than the planet's 5 billion mature-age voters without a ballot box.

Political battles are won when the rich favor them.

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.

Maybe, just maybe, something is wrong when the greatest part of new money earned in our country goes to the top 1 percent.... There is something profoundly wrong then the millionaires and billionaires are running the politics of our country.... When billionaires are buying elections, that is not democracy.

Five years ago, the Supreme Court, by a 5-4 decision in the Citizens United case told the richest people in America, "You already control the economy of the country. We are now going to let you control the political system as well".

Rich people are powerful in wealth but few in votes.

Give the votes to people who have no property and they will sell them to the rich, who will be able to buy them.

Since the poor don’t vote, and the rich are too few to mention, the middle class chooses all by itself who runs the country.

The dollar votes more times than the man.

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

Where enough money calls the tune, the general public will not be heard.

The vote controls everything that you do.

I really don't think we've become a plutocracy, but I worry about the enormous influence that money has in a democracy such as ours.

I don't use my money to gain political influence for my private interests, which is what many rich people do, and what, in a sense, market fundamentalism does, because it is in the interests of people who have a lot of money to have as little taxes as possible.

A small number of people and groups control the Democratic primary.

The good news is dollars don't vote, people do.

At the end of the day, money is just a proxy for votes. That is what makes politics so vulnerable to social media.

Every citizen of this country should be guaranteed that their vote matters, that their vote is counted, and that in the voting booth, their vote has a much weight as that of any CEO, any member of Congress, or any President.

The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate - is a big factor.

When we talk about fighting for our country, we're talking about our vote, our vote is our arms.