The plain truth is that labor is the chief representative force that keeps the real special interests from dominating American political life. — Lane Kirkland Copy Share Image
What one man can do is dream. What one man can do is love. What one man can do is change the… — John Denver Copy Share Image
People ask, quite legitimately, why [Betsy] DeVos and why not a lot of the others? But it's because it has to do… — David Brooks Copy Share Image
The precise point at which a tax deduction becomes a 'loophole' or a tax incentive becomes a 'subsidy for special interests' is… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
The dream we were conceived in will reveal a joyful face, and the world we once believed in will shine again in… — Michael Jackson Copy Share Image
I ask you: turn a deaf ear to the special interests. Let politics stand down for a while. don't waste anytime thinking… — Bob Riley Copy Share Image
When I took the oath of office, I pledged loyalty to only one special interest group - ‘We the people’. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
The danger is that the compromises and special interests inherent in Kyoto-style targets and cap-and-trade will be accepted because of bureaucratic momentum. — James Hansen Copy Share Image
War is party-blind. It doesn't care who is in the Oval Office. The forces that drive us to war don't care whether… — Eugene Jarecki Copy Share Image
Cliches about supporting the troops are designed to distract from failed policies, policies promoted by powerful special interests that benefit from war,… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
The money needed to run for office, the money spent on lobbying by special interests, the ever increasing economic disparity and the… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
The principle of real leadership ignored, the immortal objects of society forgotten, practical conservatism degenerated into mere laudation of private enterprise, economic… — Russell Kirk Copy Share Image
The only things that distinguish the photographer from everybody else are his pictures: they alone are the basis for our special interest… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
Cap and trade generates special interests, lobbyists, and trading schemes, yielding non-productive millionaires, all at public expense. The public is fed up… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
I think the press has an interest in communicating to its viewers or readers, and their viewers or readers drive profit for… — Mark McKinnon Copy Share Image
“Now let’s take up the minorities in our civilization, shall we? Bigger the population, the more minorities. Don’t step on the toes… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Linear programming is viewed as a revolutionary development giving man the ability to state general objectives and to find, by means of… — George Dantzig Copy Share Image
“Al Gore told The New Yorker’s Ryan Lizza, “The influence of special interests is now at an extremely unhealthy level. It’s at… — Jane Mayer Copy Share Image
(Howard Dean) is proving that the Internet is a better, cheaper, and faster way to raise money than the old glad-handing of… — Dick Morris Copy Share Image
Another longstanding foreign policy flaw is the degree to which special interests dictate the way in which the "national interest" as a… — Samantha Power Copy Share Image
New information technologies-including email, the web, and computerized blast-faxes and phone calls-have fundamentally changed the landscape of political competition in modern democracies.… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
It is fair to say, Bernie Sanders, that in your definition, as you being the self-proclaimed gatekeeper for progressivism, I don't know… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States. I am not… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
Of course, the economy has not been working for most Americans. Yes, of course, we have special interests that are unfortunately doing… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image
In forty-five minutes, it'll all be done. We'll all be good and crispy, but we'll still be number one. — Don Henley Copy Share Image
I've owned a business for 26 years. My family isn't in politics and my supporters aren't special interest groups in Madison and Milwaukee. — Mark Neumann Copy Share Image
Mr. President, the buzz saw that your healthcare bill ran into wasn't lobbyists and special interests it was tens of millions of… — John Boehner Copy Share Image
We've got an extraordinarily complex tax system that's full of loopholes that are exploited by special interests. I'd like to see those… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Democrats want to use the slowdown as an excuse to do what their special interests are always begging for: higher taxes, bigger… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
When a secretary of state rakes in millions and millions of dollars trading access and favors to special interests and foreign powers,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Environmentalism has become a special interest, incapable of addressing large, complex, and global problems such as global warming. — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
So listen everybody to what I got to say, there's hope for tomorrow, if we wake up today. — Ted Nugent Copy Share Image
I have fought against spending. I have fought against special interests. I have fought for reform. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
A lot of what is preventing us from getting things done on the federal level is that there is too much influence… — Sara Gideon Copy Share Image
We need real campaign finance reform to loosen the grip of special interests on politics. — Tom Daschle Copy Share Image
He went to Paris looking for answers to questions that bothered him so. He was impressive, young and aggressive, saving the world… — Jimmy Buffett Copy Share Image
There are many special interests skilful at manipulating circumstances and communications in such a way as to benefit their own ends and… — Randal Marlin Copy Share Image
The pressure of special interests, the demands of special sections of the state, the needs of friends, all must be subordinated to… — Arthur Capper Copy Share Image
Democrats believe we must create jobs, not protect the special interests; build the economy from the middle out, not the top down. — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image