Andrew Lansley Quotes

Big money has hijacked our politics.

Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that.

When one may pay out over two million dollars to presidential and Congressional campaigns, the U.S. government is virtually up for sale.

Large sums of money really unbalance the democratic process.

Anyone who has been around Washington politics long enough can't avoid this truism: Election-year money is like a rushing river that invariably finds cracks in any dam the reformers erect.

Obama/Romney, Romney/Obama - the most important election of our lifetime? Fact is they're all the same - bought and paid for with the same money. Ours is a country of the SuperPAC, by the SuperPAC, and for the SuperPAC.

The reality is that asking the public to fund political campaigns accomplishes nothing. Candidates continue to seek interest-group support through other channels, both financial and in-kind, and corruption problems abound.

I don't think politicians should be allowed to take money for their campaigns from outside interests.

Big money is ruining the political system.

Our politics has been greatly impacted, for the worse, by big money and the concentration of big money.

Special interests and Congress are too closely connected and the ties that bind are the millions spent on campaigns.

Money in politics is like ants in your kitchen. You close all the holes and get them all out or they'll find their way in again.

Money in politics leads to bad things—and I am bipartisan in that view.

Politicians can be bought and often are.

If not checked the power of money will soon control the elections of the President, the senators and the members of the House of representatives.

The spree of big money campaigning—and the corruption that goes with it—seems guaranteed to worsen …. Campaign money handlers will keep pushing the limits wherever and however they can—and the integrity of our electoral system will pay the price.

The Federal campaign contribution limit of $2,500 is way too low. You can’t even buy a Democrat for $2,500.

Our entire political system is financed by wealthy private interests buying politicians and making sure the rules are written in their favor.

Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.

Trying to take money out of politics is like trying to take jumping out of basketball.

There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.

America has the best congress money can buy.

It is very important at this juncture to eliminate the influence of big money and special interests in politics.

A $5,000 campaign contribution to a member of Congress will hardly get you a thank you these days.

It challenges a linguist to define modern campaign contributions as something other than bribery.