Quotes Library

February 28 (Bonus Quote)

The flood of money that gushes into politics today is a pollution of democracy.

Theodore H. White (1915-1986), American journalist, writer, Time, 19 November 1984, Jay p. 387

How much money do you have to beg for to get yourself re-elected?

What would White have to say today, after the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Citizens United v. F.E.C. (2010)?

February 21, 2025

10 months ago

I believe democracy to be of all forms of government the most natural, the most consonant with individual liberty.

March 15, 2025

9 months ago

Men ought to pay a great deal more attention to substance and realities than to ceremonies.

January 11, 2025

12 months ago

A majority is always the best repartee. Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881), British prime minister and novelist, Tancred (1847),

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