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)?


More Quotes

June 23, 2025
About one-fifth of the people are against everything all of the time.
February 2, 2025
Better is the enemy of good.
April 3, 2025
The Press, my Lords, is one of our great out-sentries; if we remove it, if we hoodwink it
Page 21 of 63