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)?

March 13, 2025

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

January 23, 2025

11 months ago

In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.

May 27, 2025

7 months ago

The most certain test by which we judge whether a country is really free is the amount of security enjoyed by minorities.

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