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Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution QUOTES

1 " For candidates who have no fear of losing to a member of the opposite party, the primary rather than the general election will be the decisive event in their campaigns. Whether liberal or conservative, candidates can be expected to adopt more extreme positions when competing within a single party than when competing with a member of the opposite party. I firmly believe that gerrymandering has made our elected officials more doctrinaire and less willing to compromise with members of the opposite party. "

― John Paul Stevens , Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution

2 " Neither the First Amendment nor any other provision of this Constitution shall be construed to prohibit the Congress or any state from imposing reasonable limits on the amount of money that candidates for public office, or their supporters, may spend in election campaigns. "

― John Paul Stevens , Six Amendments: How and Why We Should Change the Constitution