Political Money Quotes

Money has always been in politics. And I'm not sure you'd want money to be completely out of politics.

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

I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my life and my country and my child's education... I wish we didn't have so much money in politics, but that's not the world we live in. If we don't play here, we forfeit. And I'm not willing to forfeit my rights.

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

America has the best politicians money can buy.

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

[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.

A million dollars in the presidential election is a spit in the ocean. It's not a lot of money.

There are a lot of people who say we need to cut the amount of money that's spent in politics. I'm not sure that I agree. But I am sure that if you were talking about cutting the amount of money spent in politics, the media would have a strong interest in opposing you, because they make an enormous amount of money from political advertisements.

Money has become much, much too important in the election process. I felt that way when I had no money, and I feel that way when I do have money.

The scandalous question that hangs over modern government and excites perpetual outrage is about political money and what it buys. What exactly do these contributors get in return for the hundreds of thousands, even millions of dollars they funnel to the politicians?

We need to prioritize ending the influence of corporate special interests and secret money on politicians by limiting the amount of money they can spend on political campaigns.

I am an advocate... of public financing for years. That is the one way to get money out of politics. I believe that would be what we ought to be doing.

Members of Congress like us for our information, but they love us for our money.

The voters of Hawaii have said loud and clear that it's not money that wins elections.

The Republicans had a real advantage over the Democrats for a long time. And the principal advantage they have had is they have concentrated money and concentrated power. And, boy, when it's all concentrated, man, you can organize it, you can use it, you can get out there, you can run those negative ads, you can be effective, you can put money into campaigns.

PACs corrupt the system. They handle vast amounts of money and the money corrupts.

What is a super PAC? It’s like a PAC that got bitten by a radioactive lobbyist.

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

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

The leftists are constantly whining and moaning about all the money in politics. They want campaign finance reform, right? They want to get all the money out of politics. They want government money governing campaigns. They want all the money out, they say. But then you look at their coffers, and it's overflowing with hundreds of millions of dollars.

If everyone in America agreed that 80 percent of their contributions for House, Senate, and president could only come from people making contributions of $100 or less, we'd have a pretty darn good system. The influence of money would be gone.

People get together and they donate to organizations so that a pile of money can be used to create a message that can be broadcast en masse as part of the a political campaign. They are the lifeblood of Hillary Clinton campaign, the banks and all these big time rich people from Hollywood and Silicon Valley are the mother's milk of her campaign. They are the money. She just doesn't want Donald Trump to have it or any other Republican to have it or any average citizen to be able to bundle his money with other people's money and create an ad or a campaign.