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James L Buckley

What people fail to appreciate is that the currency of corruption in elective office is, not money, but votes.

– James L Buckley

James L Buckley

Unfortunately, in today’s world we have to be reminded that the power of an oath derives from the fact that in it we ask God to bear witness to the promises we make with the implicit expectation that He will hold us accountable for the manner in which we honor them.

– James L Buckley

James L Buckley

Under the circumstances, may I suggest another means of encouraging probity in elective office. I refer to term limitations, which can serve ends beyond that of saving congressional souls.

– James L Buckley

James L Buckley

This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle.

– James L Buckley

James L Buckley

They may then be willing to cast principled votes based on an educated understanding of the public interest in the face of polls suggesting that the public itself may have quite a different understanding of where its interest lies.

– James L Buckley

James L Buckley

The kind of corruption the media talk about, the kind the Supreme Court was concerned about, involves the putative sale of votes in exchange for campaign contributions.

– James L Buckley

James L Buckley

The Court made an exception, however, in the case of candidates contributing to their own campaigns because of the rather reasonable presumption that a candidate is incapable of corrupting himself.

– James L Buckley

James L Buckley

Once it becomes impossible for members of Congress to make a career of legislative service, the temptation to bend a vote for whatever reason may yield to the better angels of their nature.

– James L Buckley

James L Buckley

Moreover, we are showing a dismaying tendency to recast God in Man’s image.

– James L Buckley

James L Buckley

It would seem, therefore, that this constitutional safeguard may no longer serve its original purpose, especially when, as we learned last year, some acts of perjury may now be acceptable – in this world, at least, if not the next.

– James L Buckley

James L Buckley

In the last analysis, of course, an oath will encourage fidelity in office only to the degree that officeholders continue to believe that they cannot escape ultimate accountability for a breach of faith.

– James L Buckley

James L Buckley

In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the first to make yourself heard.

– James L Buckley

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