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 22, 2025

10 months ago

The majority is the best way, because it is visible and has strength to make itself obeyed. Yet it is the opinion of the least able.

May 30, 2025

7 months ago

No one in this world, so far as I know—and I have searched the record for years

March 27, 2025

9 months ago

[On David Steel, Leader of the Liberal Party] He’s passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.

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