Political Quotes

“in 1974, impelled by certain individuals and groups who felt that too much money was being spent on political campaigns and on political speech, the Congress of the United States passed a law limiting the amount of money that a candidate for Federal office could receive from any individual source, and limiting the amount of money that a candidate for a Federal office could spend advocating his or her election to that office. The Supreme Court of the United States upheld the half of that statute that limited the amount of money that a candidate could seek from any given individual or organization or group; but about the proposition that a candidate could be limited in the amount of money that he or she could spend on a campaign, the Supreme Court of the United States made this statement--and I quote A restriction on the amount of money a person or group can spend on political communication during a campaign necessarily reduces the quantity of expression by restricting the number of issues discussed, the depth of their exploration, and the size of the audience reached.”