Finance Quotes

“The reason that minorities and women don't have a better shot at getting elected to the Senate or to statewide office is because the campaign finance rules are so skewed as to make it very difficult for non-traditional candidates to raise the money necessary to get elected.”

-- Carol Moseley Braun

“Capital is that part of wealth which is devoted to obtaining further wealth.”

-- Alfred Marshall

“The poor don't know that their function in life is to exercise our generosity.”

-- Jean-Paul Sartre

“Actually criminal sanctions that are given could be up to five years for violating the rules and regulations under the campaign finance reform. This is like the Alien and Sedition Act of years and years ago, decades ago.”

-- Jay Alan Sekulow

“Well, paycheck protection is an important ingredient for a successful campaign finance reform measure.”

-- Andrew Card

“I understand that finance can be very complex.”

-- Kevin Harrington

“Owning a home is a keystone of wealth - both financial affluence and emotional security.”

-- Suze Orman

“Wealth is not without its advantages and the case to the contrary, although it has often been made, has never proved widely persuasive.”

-- John Kenneth Galbraith

“Poverty is unnecessary.”

-- Muhammad Yunus

“Finance is critical. If sufficient investment is made in infrastructure and venture capital is made available, there will be a big improvement in the situation.”

-- Sanjay Kumar