“I know a little something about soft money as my family is the largest single contributor of soft monty to the National Republican Party. I have decided, however, to stop taking offense at the suggestion that we are buying influence. Now I simply concede the point. They are right. We do expect some things in return.”
–Betsy DeVos of the American Federation for Children, formerly All Children Matter, writing an op-ed piece in the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call in 1997.
Louisiana Voice 
Refreshingly uncharacteristic honesty.