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)?

January 22, 2025

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The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you’ve got it made.

March 14, 2025

10 months ago

[Of political life] The hatreds which sound so real when you read the words, which look so true when you see their scornful attitudes

March 13, 2025

10 months ago

Those who exercise power and determine policy are generally men whose minds have been formed by events twenty or thirty years before.

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