Lawrence Lessig Money Quotes

 

  • The page contains money quotes from Lawrence Lessig about money in politics and campaign finance reform
  • Lessig criticizes how special interests and corporate donors influence politicians and policy
  • He argues this undermines democracy and that representatives should answer to all citizens, not just wealthy donors
  • Lessig wants reforms to reduce the influence of money in politics, including possible constitutional amendments
  • He says as long as representatives depend on big donors, the system will not work for ordinary Americans
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A culture without property, or in which creators can't get paid, is anarchy, not freedom Quote
 

“A culture without property, or in which creators can’t get paid, is anarchy, not freedom” — Lawrence Lessig

 

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Our government is held hostage by the funders of campaigns. And those funders don’t spend their money to get good public policy. They spend their money to get public policy that pays them Quote
 

“Our government is held hostage by the funders of campaigns. And those funders don’t spend their money to get good public policy. They spend their money to get public policy that pays them” — Lawrence Lessig

 

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Leslie Byrne, a Democrat from Virginia, was told by a colleague, 'Always lean to the green'. ... He was not an environmentalist Quote
 

“Leslie Byrne, a Democrat from Virginia, was told by a colleague, Always lean to the green‘. … He was not an environmentalist” — Lawrence Lessig

 

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Lawrence Lessig Americans agree that our government is broken, and broken because of the money in politics quote
 

“In a time of polarized politics there’s one thing that more than ninety percent of Americans agree on, that our government is broken, and broken because of the money in politics” — Lawrence Lessig

 

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Lawrence Lessig America's government has been bought. But not by us. Not by the American people. America's government has been bought by the cronies and special interests quote
 

“America’s government has been bought. But not by us. Not by the American people. America’s government has been bought by the cronies and special interests”

 

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Lawrence Lessig Not by paying Congressmen to get a special subsidy. Not by begging Congress for corporate welfare, but by making money the old fashioned way: by earning it quote
 

“Entrepreneurs succeed by working harder. By competing better. By creating more. They succeeded by innovating, not by hiring lobbyists to get them a special tax favor. Not by paying Congressmen to get a special subsidy. Not by begging Congress for corporate welfare, but by making money the old fashioned way: by earning it”

 

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Lawrence Lessig The difference between Donald Trump and me — well, there’s $10 billion in difference, at least — but in addition to $10 billion, the difference is that Donald Trump’s solution is that we elect billionaires quote
 

“The difference between Donald Trump and me — well, there’s $10 billion in difference, at least — but in addition to $10 billion, the difference is that Donald Trump’s solution is that we elect billionaires”

 

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We have a green primary. We have a primary where those who fund campaigns get to pick the candidates that the rest of us get to vote among Quote
 

“We have a green primary. We have a primary where those who fund campaigns get to pick the candidates that the rest of us get to vote among”

 

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Lawrence Lessig We've built a democracy wherein a tiny tiny fraction of the one percent dominate... and a consequence of this is a democracy responsive to the funders only quote
 

“We’ve built a democracy wherein a tiny tiny fraction of the one percent dominate… and a consequence of this is a democracy responsive to the funders only“

 

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Lawrence Lessig You and I both know that as long as our representatives are held hostage to their funders — and their funders are not all of us — our system will not work quote
 

“You and I both know that as long as our representatives are held hostage to their funders — and their funders are not all of us — our system will not work”

 

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Lawrence Lessig When we have a congress free of big-money, a congress free to lead, we will fight to preserve the reforms we fought so hard to achieve through whatever amendments to the Constitution are necessary quote
 

“When we have a congress free of big-money, a congress free to lead, we will fight to preserve the reforms we fought so hard to achieve through whatever amendments to the Constitution are necessary”

 

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[Congress] and their cronies secure more than one hundred billion dollars in corporate welfare Quote
 

“[Congress] and their cronies secure more than one hundred billion dollars in corporate welfare“

 

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Lawrence Lessig We won't get our democracy back until we change the way campaigns are funded quote
 

“We won’t get our democracy back until we change the way campaigns are funded“

 

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Lawrence Lessig Members of congress waste 30 to70 percent of their time raising money from the tiniest fraction of the one percent quote
 

“Right now Congress doesn’t answer to us, it answers to the elite few. Members of congress waste 30 to70 percent of their time raising money from the tiniest fraction of the one percent”

 

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