Roy Blunt Quotes

Money and donations are an important part of our political system. They are hard power.

Every time I've done a fund raiser, I've been blown away by the amount of money and the generosity that our fans have.

I see this as my humanitarian legacy. We're prepared to pay billions.

I didn't get a phone call from Bill Clinton before I jumped in the race ... maybe it's because I hadn't given money to the foundation or donated to his wife's senate race.

Bill Gates and Warren Buffett have their 'Giving Pledge,' where billionaires promise to give away the majority of their wealth when they die. My Social Security Pledge is better - to give money to good causes when you are alive. Besides, more Americans can participate.

FreedomWorks, which is funded primarily by very rich people, solicits donations from non-rich conservative people. More than 80,000 people donated money to FreedomWorks in 2012, and it seems likely that only a small minority of those people were hedge fund millionaires.

Being willing to donate the taxpayers' money is not the same as being willing to put your own money where your mouth is.

Sincerity: willingness to spend one's own money.

I have always put my own money into Tails of Joy. For years, every time a dog walked by, my husband would say, 'There goes our beach house.'

Money is always a motivating factor, but money has never been my driving force. In my first fight, I paid the promoter in order for me to fight. I was in the hole 300 bucks for that. Money has always been a byproduct of me doing something I love.

I think one of the reasons movies are the quintessential modern art form is that it is partially a business. The director needs a crew - the writer, the producer, etcetera - and to have that, he needs money.

Big corporations have money and power to make sure every rule breaks their way; people have voices and votes to push back.

I've actually been in situations where I've turned down a lot of money to continue on, in certain shows, or to do something that would have lasted years when I didn't even like it. I didn't want to be in any one spot for years, unless I really believed in it, and I really believe in 'Being Human.'

I will not start an initiative until I've spent my own money. Because if I spend my own money, people who want to get on board afterwards know that I am serious about it.

In America power comes in the form of law and money.

Eventually, money wins in politics.

The AFL-CIO giving money to the Democratic Party has all the appearances of dinosaurs mating.

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.

I needed the good will of the legislatures of four states. I formed the legislative bodies with my own money. I found it was cheaper that way.

Campaign contributors are operating vicariously through the power of their purse rather than through the power of their ideas.

Without money no alliance can be executed.

Every Muslim is demanded to go to Jihad with himself and with his money, and if he can’t fight, he must do that with his money.

You don’t make any money in the White House—that’s for darn sure—but you can get things done….The most rewarding experience I have ever had was my three years in the White House.

Economic assistance is one of the most effective weapons at our disposal to influence European political events in the direction we desire.

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