Citizens United Quotes

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  If there was one decision I would overrule, it would be Citizens United. I think the notion that we have all the democracy that money can buy strays so far from what our democracy is supposed to be.

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Thinking, Decision, Democracy

  "Ruth Bader Ginsburg Is an American Hero". Jeffrey Rosen, September 28, 2014.

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• Todo lo que Citizens United hizo fue nivelar el campo de juego para el discurso corporativo. Ahora tenemos, creo, el sistema más libre y abierto que hemos tenido en los tiempos modernos.

  Mitch McConnell

  Thinking, Levels, Speech

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• What the Supreme Court did in Citizens United is to say to these same billionaires and the corporations they control: 'You own and control the economy, you own Wall Street, you own the coal companies, you own the oil companies. Now, for a very small percentage of your wealth, we're going to give you the opportunity to own the United States Government.' This is the essence of what Citizens United is all about - and that's why it must be overturned.

  Bernie Sanders

  Wall, Opportunity, Government

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• The first case I sat on... was Citizens United. Talk about being thrown in. Needless to say, if I was scared before, I was terrified.

  Sonia Sotomayor

  Firsts, Scared, Cases

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• Capitalism is out of control, thanks in no small part to Citizens United, the Supreme Court decision which said that a corporation is a person, even though it doesn't eat, drink, make love, sing, raise children or take care of aging parents. You can't have a people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people.

  Bill Moyers

  Niños, Largo, Gente

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• Me gustaría que el Tribunal Supremo revocara la sentencia Citizens United y sacara de nuestra política el dinero oscuro y que no rinde cuentas.

  Hillary Clinton

  Dark, Want, Court

  Hillary Clinton's speech at the second 2016 Trump-Clinton presidential debate at Washington University in St. Louis, www.nytimes.com. October 9, 2016.

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• Politically, as a result of Citizens United, billionaires are now able to spend as much money as they want on campaigns, which means that you have a political system which is heavily dominated by corporations and wealthy individuals.

  Bernie Sanders

  Mean, Political, Want

  "Exclusive Interview with Presidential Candidate Senator Bernie Sanders". Interview with Maranda Pleasant, www.marandapleasantmedia.com. April 27, 2016.

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• You can't have a people's democracy as long as corporations are considered people.

  Bill Moyers

  Long, People, Democracy

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• Nobody has been arrested on Wall Street for the crash of 2008. They're not paying their fair share of the taxes. And now with the Citizens United case of the Supreme Court, they get to buy politicians up out in the open.

  Michael Moore

  Wall, Politician, Crash

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• Big money buys access in Washington, and access purchases influence. It is as simple as that. And they have basically given a green light, a further green light, after Citizens United, to the biggest money to have the bigger voice in our politics, and to sound out and drown out the voice of just ordinary citizens.

  Mark Shields

  Simple, Light, Voice

  Fuente: www.pbs.org

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• On the subject of money and politics and the rest, I have a DARE: Disclose who are these people; Amend the Constitution to overturn Citizens United; Reform: let's have public financing of campaigns; and Empower.

  Nancy Pelosi

  People, Empowering, Reform

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• Citizens United didn't work. Hey, Koch brothers, Karl Rove, Shellgame Adelson: Democracy trumps money sometimes.

  Henry Rollins

  Brother, Democracy, Hey

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• Members of the legislature, people who have run for office, know the connection between money and influence on what laws get passed

  Ruth Bader Ginsburg

  Running, Law, People

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• In the past, in order to continue as a candidate, a serious candidate, you had to be in the top three finishes in Iowa. You had to be in the top two out of New Hampshire. All our presidents elected in the past half-century finished either first or second in New Hampshire and in the top three in Iowa. That changed with the Citizens United, when we gave unlimited amounts of money.

  Mark Shields

  Past, Order, Iowa

  Fuente: www.pbs.org

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• For the first 200 years of our nation's history, corporations were never defined by the courts as persons with free speech rights under the First Amendment.  Only in recent years have we witnessed this corporate takeover of our First Amendment, culminating in the Citizens United ruling.

  John Bonifaz

  Rights, Years, Speech

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• Hay algo fundamentalmente erróneo en la forma en que [los estadounidenses] nos estamos moviendo como país, cuando los multimillonarios pueden comprar elecciones como resultado de Citizens United. Hay algo fundamentalmente erróneo cuando el 99 por ciento de todos los nuevos ingresos va al 1 por ciento superior.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Moving, Able

  Fuente: www.nbcnews.com

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• I think that is the fight that we have to wage if we're to save the middle class. And I do have doubts about whether Hillary Clinton or whether any Republican candidate out there is prepared to take on the big money interests who control so much of our economy and as a result of Citizens United, our political process as well.

  Lindsey Graham

  Fighting, Thinking, Class

  Fuente: www.foxnews.com

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• The SuperPACs and the Citizens United ruling that gives corporations a voice in the political process are all bad news. They made it so you can now lie, and the politician being promoted on that lie will not be held responsible for it.

  Jesse Ventura

  Lying, Voice, Giving

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  Nunca se interpretará que la Constitución autoriza al Congreso a infringir la justa libertad de prensa o los derechos de conciencia, ni a impedir que el pueblo de los Estados Unidos, que es un ciudadano pacífico, posea sus propias armas.

  Samuel Adams

  Arma, Armas Fuertes, Gente

  Debates de la Convención de Massachusetts, 1788.

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• I think with the advent of Reagan, and subsequently, both parties, there's been a strong move towards the advantage given to the richer people, in taxation and grants and supplements and things of that kind. Primarily exacerbated more recently by the Supreme Court's stupid ruling on Citizens United, and now there's a massive flood of money into the political system that I think has subverted the essence of a moral and ethical standard that used to permeate American democracy. Now it's not an admirable process. I think we've gone backwards.

  Jimmy Carter

  Strong, Stupid, Party

  Fuente: www.sfgate.com

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• Esa es una pregunta que es mejor planteársela al propio Bernie Sanders, pero creo que probablemente propondrá ideas relacionadas con el papel corruptor de las decisiones judiciales Citizens United y Buckley contra Valeo y la necesidad de restaurar una república por y para el pueblo prevista en nuestra Constitución en lugar del sistema de, por y para el más poderoso que tenemos ahora.

  Jeff Merkley

  Powerful, Thinking, Ideas

  "Lone Senator To Endorse Bernie Sanders Reacts To Clinton Victory". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, Ari Shapiro, www.npr.org. June 8, 2016.

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• Creo que en este momento de la historia de nuestro país, es importante que no revirtamos la igualdad matrimonial, que no revirtamos Roe contra Wade, que nos opongamos a Citizens United, que defendamos los derechos de las personas en el lugar de trabajo, que nos pongamos de pie y digamos básicamente: El Tribunal Supremo debe representarnos a todos. Así es como yo veo el Tribunal, y el tipo de personas que me gustaría nominar para el Tribunal estarían en la gran tradición de enfrentarse a los poderosos, de defender nuestros derechos como estadounidenses.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Powerful, Rights

  Fuente: www.christianpost.com

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• Necesitamos un Tribunal Supremo que defienda los derechos de las mujeres, los derechos de la comunidad LGBT, que se levante y diga no a Citizens United, una decisión que ha socavado el sistema electoral de nuestro país por la forma en que permite la entrada en nuestro sistema electoral de dinero oscuro que no rinde cuentas.

  Hillary Clinton

  Country, Dark, Lgbt Community

  Fuente: www.christianpost.com

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• Hay tres grandes organizaciones políticas en este país: el Partido Republicano, el Partido Demócrata y el Partido de los Hermanos Koch. Con miles de millones para gastar en campañas, grupos de reflexión y organizaciones "educativas", los hermanos Koch son los más poderosos. Debemos anular Citizens United, pasar a la financiación pública de las elecciones y aprobar una verdadera reforma fiscal.

  Bernie Sanders

  Country, Brother, Powerful

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• Nuestro país se enfrenta a muchas crisis importantes. La primera de la lista es la necesidad de anular la ley Citizens United. Si los multimillonarios pueden comprar elecciones y elegir a candidatos de derechas, no habrá forma de abordar el cambio climático, la educación universitaria, la asequibilidad, la creación de empleo, el aumento del salario mínimo y la lucha contra Wall Street.

  Bernie Sanders

  País, Empleo, Muro

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