John F. Kennedy Quotes

In a political contest, the use of some [money] is both right, and indispensable.

People have their constitutional right to contribute to a campaign and if they have discretionary money that they want to contribute to a candidate, whether a Republican or a Democrat, they should be able to do so.

Congressman are spending too much time raising money.

I'm asking regular folks to be my super PAC.

The question now is does Obama have any hope of raising money? I don't think he'll raise it out of the New York people, I don't think he's going to raise it out the Hollywood people, so where's the money going to come from for Barack Obama?

Don't come in [to the Senate] without assets and remain that way.... Go out and accumulate some capital and then try and run for the Senate.

Campaign contributors are operating vicariously through the power of their purse rather than through the power of their ideas.

We have to talk about the way we finance campaigns.

In constant pursuit of money to finance campaigns, the political system is simply unable to function. Its deliberative powers are paralyzed.

We all know how powerful the web can be for raising political money. Well, if you're game, the Duke Cunningham Legal Defense Fund is apparently ready to accept your donation.

Online fundraising is so important to the Democratic Party.

In an era when party fundraising is badly tainted, dinners are a really good way of raising cash for campaigning. Lots of people giving very small amounts of money through ticket sales and raffle prizes: yes, it's much harder work than big donations, but I think it's a more democratic and transparent way of fundraising.

A CBS spokesman said the network's policy was tightened in September 2006 to forbid contributions to political campaigns. Previously, there was a bit of wiggle room.

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

I don't take PAC money. I don't take special interest money.

If you create a system that makes the small donors the linchpin of the system in terms of how members of Congress directly raise the funds for their campaigns, then it gives everyday citizens much more of a role - a leveraging role - in the funding of those campaigns.

We are told there is not enough money for education, but somehow there is enough money for people to raise billions of dollars to defeat somebody in an election? Oh! Okay! Does that make sense?

Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.

It is campaign money that calls the tune, a fact recognized by every politician within a few minutes after getting into politics.

You don’t get campaign contributions just because it’s a philanthropic endeavor.

If you aren't willing to use your own money [for campaigning], you ought to think about something else.

In order to survive politically, you've got to have a big-buck fundraiser at least one a year.

Public [campaign] financing and free television time are the things that will diminish the high influence that money has on politics.

[On campaign fund-raising:] You're just sort of shamelessly begging. That's what federal politics is about.

Money does not always win elections. Usually it does however.