Pana Janviroj Quotes

I think that's most unfortunate about our Democratic system, that you're confining it to people who are either very wealthy in their own right or have capacity to gain access to large amounts of money.

Politics is broken.

There is nothing wrong with our country, there is something wrong with our politics…

When I deliver the message to a cross section of Rhode Island that democracy is broken because special interests have relentless power - which prevents politicians from compromising despite popular support on an issue - I don't have any pushback.

Too many of the career politicians, the established politicians in Washington on both sides of the aisle, are representing their party more than the people. And no matter what the media says, the ballot box will determine what people truly believe.

Over the past few years special interests have had a larger and larger say over who gets what in America, and the voices of average citizens are being shut out.

Every economy exists, no matter what the level of democracy, has elements of crony capitalism. It's - given human nature and given the democratic structures, which we all, I assume, adhere to, that is an inevitable consequence.

The Congress is virtually incapable of passing any reforms unless they first get permission from the powerful special interests who are most affected by the proposal.

The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.

Whether you are on the Right or the Left, everyone can agree that there are a lot of outside influences in American politics that are not good for the system. There's just too much money.

People need to understand that in Washington, the process is the punishment.

In our political system, money is power. And that means a few can have a lot more power than the rest. That's bad news for everyone else - and for our democracy itself.

I'm running for president because I've had enough of the oil barons, the status-quo apologists, the special-interest lobbyists running amok.

The American House of Representatives today is a complete travesty upon representative government, upon popular government, and upon government by the majority.

In much of the democratic world, citizens lack any confidence that politicians, political parties, or government officials are serving anyone other than themselves.

It’s the people verses the special interests and I’m going to fight this out till the end.

A ruling class has emerged. We no longer have government of, by and for the people but rather by professional legislators.

A true democracy has never existed, and never will exist. It is against natural order that the great number should govern and that the few should be governed.

…ruling elites in many liberal societies and especially the United States, where money and special interests have created a corrupt political class that is out-of-touch with ordinary people, interested mostly in enriching themselves, and immune to accountability.

I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.

Talking to Republicans who aren't leaders - that's not very difficult both on anti-trust and on campaign finance reform. I think it's a lot more complicated when you talk to highly funded leaders - that's the innate, deeply problematic part of our politics.

If Democrats in Washington haven't got enough sense to own the issue of political reform, I give up on them entirely.

The Citizens United decision dramatically intensified the political gridlock in our country.

Everyone should work in politics to see how horrible it is.