Arianna Huffington Quotes

It starts with campaign finance reform.

For me, it all comes down to one issue: if we can get money out of political systems, the whole world will change.

To my mind, if we do not get a handle on money in politics and the degree to which big money controls the political process in this country, nobody is going to bring about the changes that is needed in this country for the middle class and working families.

I would like to have an ample fund to spread the light of Republicanism, but I am willing to undergo the disadvantage to make certain that in the future we shall reduce the power of money in politics for unworthy purposes.

I think the idea of getting money out of politics is critical.

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

If you took money out of politics, you'd solve 80 percent of all the problems.

With every new class of representatives that comes to Congress, there is a greater recognition of the perils of private financing of campaigns. I believe that by pulling back the curtain on the daily pressures faced by members of Congress, we can show the public how critical this reform is to the salvation of our democracy.

I think our politicians are bought by the highest bidder and that until we clean up our election system, then we cannot make progress on any of the issues. That's what drives me - we must restore our democracy.

Either you're for ending Citizens United, or you're not. So, if you're for ending Citizens United, then act like you are against corporations influencing our democratic process.

Don't vote for Republicans or Democrats until they clean up the open system of bribery that we live under.

The report produced by my commission, the Global Commission on Elections, Democracy and Security, in 2012 showed the corrosive impact of money in US politics, for example, which undermines the legitimacy of the democratic system in citizens' eyes. Such perceptions partly explain the rise of a phenomenon like the success of Donald Trump.

Unlimited campaign spending eats at the heart of the democratic process.

It's abominable, and it's a disgrace to a great democracy to see what's happened in our country. The main reason for that has been the enormous infusion of high quantities of money to campaigns - governors, Congress, president and the U.S. Senate.

Our only real hope for democracy is that we get the money out of politics entirely and establish a system of publicly funded elections.

Until we totally change the way we elect our leaders, until we remove private money from public campaigns, lying will be the de facto method of governance in this country.

I have a lot of stands on a lot of political issues. I'm very big on campaign finance reform. I still think most Americans aren't aware of how the dumping of big corporate dollars and private donor dollars has totally corrupted the political system and taken it away from them.

I think that Obama's failure to reestablish the rule of law in money matters is the most damaging thing that he's done - and perhaps the most damaging thing that has happened in American politics in my lifetime. Because once the rule of law is absent in money matters, then anything really goes in politics.

There can only be democracy when money is not allowed to be spent in Politics.

I am willing to undergo the disadvantage in order to make certain that in the future we shall reduce the power of money in politics..

That would be the biggest shake-up Washington ever had, if big money didn't dictate who the candidates were and who got elected.

Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.

I'm running for Senate to create real change in Washington, which starts with getting big money out of politics and overturning Citizens United.

The Democracy is for People Amendment will stop corporations and their front groups from using their profits and dark money donations to influence our elections while reaffirming the right of the American people to elections that are fair and representatives that are accountable.

The days of pay-to-play politics is over.