Their Voice

Democracy demands that our election system be protected, and without vigorously enforced campaign finance laws, the people of this country lose their voice.  The U.S. Attorney's Office and the Department of Justice are committed to the prosecution of individuals who abuse the very system of which they seek to become a part.

-- U.S. Attorney George Holding, announcing a federal grand jury indictment against two-time presidential candidate John Edwards, for soliciting and covering up the secret spending of more than $925,000 to hide his mistress and their baby during the peak of his 2008 campaign for the White House, The Associated Press, 3 June 2011