Campaign Contributions Quotes
Campaign contributions quotes here take a mostly critical view of political money, questioning whether contributions from corporations and the fossil fuel industry should be treated as speech or property. One voice bluntly answers a reporter that fossil fuel donations were never enough, while another warns that unchecked contributions let a small percentage of Americans control policy. Together these quotes reflect ongoing debate over campaign finance reform.
These campaign contributions quotes weigh political money against fair representation, a concern also raised in Big Money quotes about outsized financial influence.
Well, the elected officials in both parties are receiving campaign contributions and support through electioneering communications from groups that aren't technically affiliated with the campaigns, but really are. That's the off-the-books financing of electioneering communications that's going on.
Without putting the brakes on out-of-control campaign contributions from individuals and corporations - it will be business as usual, with 1 percent of Americans pulling the strings.
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The only way you do anything is to become really active. And the most effective way to get your message to your elected representatives is to make campaign contributions and develop relationships with them.
But please know, whether you believe campaign contributions are speech or property, that I learned to love very dearly the right of free expression when I lived without that freedom for a while a long time ago.
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Whenever the media asked me how much I have received in campaign contributions from the fossil fuel industry, my unapologetic answer was, 'Not enough.'
Research who your politicians are, even; know what they do, know who they're supported by legislatively, and know who is supporting them financially for their campaigns. Because ever since Citizens United, we've seen a massive growth in the amount of...
After all, Wall Street is clearly the most powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. From 1998 through 2008, the financial sector spent over $5 billion in lobbying and campaign contributions to deregulate Wall Street.
Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from.
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For related themes, see Both Parties quotes on shared accountability, and Business quotes on the corporate side of politics.
