42 Zephyr Teachout Quotes for You to Enjoy

Zephyr Teachout

American Lawyer

Born: Oct 24, 1971

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The science doesn't prove Common Core's effective. So I guess what I mean is science is an essential part of any decision-making process, and so is public involvement. And in the long-term, you lose legitimacy and power if you don't directly engage with the public. Zephyr Teachout

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Women’s voices need to be in politics, and shaping politics from the very beginning, not serve as an afterthought. Zephyr Teachout

Politics Beginning Voices Shaping Very Afterthought Serve Need

It's said that history inevitably marches toward democracy, but it only leaves the possibility of democracy, and the constant threat that it would be eroded by big money. Zephyr Teachout

Democracy History Money Big Possibility Would Would-Be Constant Threat Only Toward Said Inevitably Leaves Eroded Big Money Marches

I propose a full day of live one-on-one debates on unannounced issues, with no aides to help or reply. Each candidate would be paired with another candidate for seven 60-minute sessions. Zephyr Teachout

Day Live Aide Seven Would Would-Be One-On-One Propose Another Issues Debates Reply Candidate Full Help Each

Corruption is when people in public office use that public office for private or selfish ends. This is one of the most central debates in the last 40 years in law, what is corruption. Zephyr Teachout

Selfish Corruption People Law Most Private Years Debates Office Ends Central Public Use Public Office Last

A real economic development policy would address the root issues hampering business growth, like access to credit and marketplaces so dominated by giant companies that it is impossible to compete. Zephyr Teachout

Business Economic Development Impossible Address Giant Would Economic Development Like Policy Access Real Issues Dominated Root Companies Credit Growth Compete

I’m going to Congress to break down the doors of power. Zephyr Teachout

Power Doors Congress Down Going The Doors Break

The core of my platform is to change the role of money in politics, support public education and break up monopoly power. All of these are fundamental prerequisites to a responsive democracy. Zephyr Teachout

Education Politics Democracy Change Money Public Education Power Monopoly Responsive Support Up Role Break Break Up Public Platform Fundamental Core

To be fair, money and politics never work in a directly straight line. Zephyr Teachout

Work Politics Money Directly Never Fair Line Straight Straight Line

At their best, new media are chaotic. The new technologies disrupt political pomp and glamour and engage people in an unpolished and unpredictable give-and-take. They also give citizens access to a surprising depth of raw information. Zephyr Teachout

After Citizens United, unlimited money could go directly to a corporate entity that can tell people who to vote for, with names and polling places included. Zephyr Teachout

Vote People Money Corporate Unlimited Tell Citizens Directly Entity Could Names Go Polling After Places Who Included United

The Internet doesn’t just enable cool avatars and the shorter form. It also allows the deeper form: cross-linked blog posts, extensive research, simultaneous screens and raw debate footage that anyone can scan online, at any time. Zephyr Teachout

New York has really thrived both upstate and downstate when there are tens of thousands of small businesses all representing their different creative impulses. Zephyr Teachout

Creative Thrive Thousands Small Both Small Businesses Tens Tens Of Thousands New York Impulses Representing New York Different Upstate Really Businesses

Every district is going to be different, but if you wanted me to give advice to those candidates: Run your own campaign, the DCCC does not run your campaign. Figure out ways to raise money from small-dollar donors, and put some real energy into that because that will give you freedom to say no to big donors. Zephyr Teachout

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The tools Facebook provides make discrimination easy. Facebook has monopoly profit margins, so it could easily provide real staffing to protect against discrimination, if it wanted to. It doesn’t want to. Zephyr Teachout

Facebook Profit Monopoly Tools Easily Easy Could Protect Make Real Provide Provides Discrimination Staffing Want Wanted Against Margins

Corruption requires looking into someone's soul and making judgments about their intent. Zephyr Teachout

Soul Corruption Looking About Someone Judgments Making Intent Requires

Dependence on private money to run campaigns causes pain to Republicans and Democrats alike - and business owners. It’s time we did something about it. And public financing of elections should be the first step. Zephyr Teachout

Time Business Money First Pain Alike Run Financing Be The First About Something Step First Step Democrats Causes Private Campaigns Did Owners Dependence Public Republicans Republicans And Democrats Elections Should Business Owners

Mom and pop shops paying taxes while Amazon got billions just to come to town didn't seem right, and, post-FoxxConn, people are less likely to fall for the promised jobs numbers. Zephyr Teachout

We fought a revolution to free ourselves from arbitrary power and the whims of a monarch. Zephyr Teachout

Free Power Revolution Ourselves Arbitrary Arbitrary Power Whims Monarch Fought

My family lives in Vermont. I'm a law professor and I spend summers researching and writing in Vermont. Zephyr Teachout

Family Writing Law Spend Summers Vermont Researching Lives Professor

So paid media is when you buy an ad - typically in a presidential campaign that will be in Iowa, New Hampshire, the early states. It costs some money to make the ad, but the greatest cost is in actually placing the ad on TV. Zephyr Teachout

Buy You Money Will Presidential Presidential Campaign States TV Some Cost Costs New Make Iowa Greatest New Hampshire Hampshire Campaign Placing Paid Media Actually Ad Early

One of the more important things the Bernie Sanders campaign did is reach people who are political but not electorally political. They’re political in either non-profits or community groups, but didn’t see how important it was to get involved in electoral politics. Zephyr Teachout

In the absence of relative equality - quid pro quo - a court might question whether there was an actual contract. If I give you a dollar, and you give me a mansion, our contract would lack quid pro quo. Zephyr Teachout

Every politician should go and spend time and visit prisons and jails. Because if you are choosing to exercise this kind of power over another person's life, there's a role for that, but you have to know the kind of power you are exercising. Zephyr Teachout