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)?

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[Of Winston Churchill] He is a terrible burden for any Govt. to carry—someone said of [his father] Randolph Churchill

April 22, 2025

8 months ago

Politics demands a certain rhetoric. It does not demand moral action to fit the rhetoric.

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

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