Quotes by John Sarbanes - Page 1

The super PACs have brought an element of fear into the equation. The fact that they can bring this money into the campaign, basically ambush you out of nowhere, and you'll have no way to fight back.
John Sarbanes /
Nowhere
Campaign
Element
Equation
Super
Copy Quote
You can't keep a democracy going in a functional and constructive way if only 10 percent of the people you represent think your institution is functioning in an acceptable way. That's just not viable.
John Sarbanes /
Acceptable
Constructive
Percent
Functional
Democracy People Way
Represent
Institution
Viable
Copy Quote
There are certainly days that we can convince ourselves in Washington that everybody's talking about one thing, and then I'll go home to my district and realize that everybody's actually talking about something different.
John Sarbanes /
Convince
District
Go Home
Copy Quote
People wanna give you a $5 contribution online, but they have a million other things to do. But getting them to just sit still for 45 seconds and go in there and make the donation is, like, the hardest thing in the world.
John Sarbanes /
Contribution
Donation
Hardest Thing
Online
Seconds
Wanna
World People Things
Getting
Million
Sit
The Hardest Thing
Copy Quote
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.
John Sarbanes /
Campaigns
Citizens
Congress
Donors
Everyday
Funding
Members
Directly
Raise
Terms
Copy Quote
This fundraising is consuming us. It's impossible to overstate, I think, what it's doing to members and their ability to just focus on the job that they were elected to do. The collective concentration of the institution is being undermined every day by the need to fund-raise.
John Sarbanes /
Ability
Concentration
Consuming
Focus
Fundraising
Impossible
Members
Focus Day Every Day
Collective
Elected
Institution
Overstate
Undermined
Copy Quote
At a time when special interest money is being showered on legislators in Washington, grassroots donors offer members of Congress a refreshing independence. The $25 and $50 donor is not looking for special favors. He or she is simply expecting their Congressman to go do the right thing.
John Sarbanes /
Independence
Congress
Expecting
Favors
Grassroots
Interest
Legislators
Members
Refreshing
Right Thing
Special
Looking
Washington
Simply
Do The Right Thing
Donor
He Or She
Offer
She
Special Interest
The Right Thing
Copy Quote
A deep cynicism is taking hold of the country, with more and more Americans convinced that big money calls the shots in Washington and that there is nothing that can be done about it. We must resist that conclusion and fight back on behalf of everyday citizens. Reform is possible, and it is imperative.
John Sarbanes /
Behalf
Citizens
Conclusion
Convinced
Country
Cynicism
Done
Everyday
Reform
Shots
American
Big Money
Calls
Possible
Washington
Deep
Fight
Hold
Imperative
More And More
Resist
Taking
Copy Quote

Related Authors

Pope Francis
Thursday, Dec 17, 1936
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court Of The United States
Wednesday, Mar 15, 1933
Billy Graham
Evangelist
Thursday, Nov 07, 1918
Martin Luther
Monk
Saturday, Nov 10, 1483
Monday, Feb 18, 1546
Rodney Dangerfield
Comedian
Tuesday, Nov 22, 1921
Tuesday, Oct 05, 2004
Aristotle
Philosopher
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Yogi Berra
Baseball Manager
Tuesday, May 12, 1925
Tuesday, Sep 22, 2015
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist
Wednesday, May 25, 1803
Thursday, Apr 27, 1882
Napoleon Bonaparte
Military Commander
Tuesday, Aug 15, 1769
Saturday, May 05, 1821
Wayne Dyer
Author
Friday, May 10, 1940
Saturday, Aug 29, 2015
Khalil Gibran
Poet
Saturday, Jan 06, 1883
Friday, Apr 10, 1931
Will Rogers
Actor
Tuesday, Nov 04, 1879
Thursday, Aug 15, 1935
Oprah Winfrey
Media Proprietor
Friday, Jan 29, 1954
Peter Drucker
Author
Friday, Nov 19, 1909
Friday, Nov 11, 2005
Bob Marley
Singer
Tuesday, Feb 06, 1945
Monday, May 11, 1981

View All Quotes

Top Authors

Soren Kierkegaard
Philosopher
Wednesday, May 05, 1813
Sunday, Nov 11, 1855
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Civil Rights Activist
Tuesday, Jan 15, 1929
Thursday, Apr 04, 1968
Khalil Gibran
Poet
Saturday, Jan 06, 1883
Friday, Apr 10, 1931
Benjamin Franklin
Founding Father Of The United States
Sunday, Jan 17, 1706
Saturday, Apr 17, 1790
Sun Tzu
Strategist
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
Donald Trump
45Th President Of The United States
Friday, Jun 14, 1946
Epictetus
Philosopher
George Orwell
Novelist
Thursday, Jun 25, 1903
Saturday, Jan 21, 1950
Will Rogers
Actor
Tuesday, Nov 04, 1879
Thursday, Aug 15, 1935
Les Brown
Author
Saturday, Feb 17, 1945
Vincent Van Gogh
Painter
Wednesday, Mar 30, 1853
Tuesday, Jul 29, 1890
Napoleon Bonaparte
Military Commander
Tuesday, Aug 15, 1769
Saturday, May 05, 1821
Thomas Aquinas
Priest
Tuesday, Jan 28, 1225
Wednesday, Mar 07, 1274
George Bernard Shaw
Playwright
Saturday, Jul 26, 1856
Thursday, Nov 02, 1950
Ernest Hemingway
Author
Friday, Jul 21, 1899
Sunday, Jul 02, 1961

View All Authors

John Sarbanes Quotes - Page 1

Picture Quotes Maker

Related Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page

Stay Connected

Picture Quotes Maker

Related Authors

Popular Topic Tags

Top Authors

Share This Page