What is happening to teachers now across this nation is a disgrace. The attacks on them are a blot on our nation.… — Diane Ravitch Copy Share Image
Career politicians do not have the courage to prioritize spending and say no to demanding special interest groups who do not reflect… — Tom Coburn Copy Share Image
It takes courage to set priorities because doing so is an admission that American policy cannot be all things to all people… — Condoleezza Rice Copy Share Image
I want to be able to say what's on my mind and in my heart and what I think is helpful and… — Laura Schlessinger Copy Share Image
The U.S. is ruled by private interest groups and by the neoconservative ideology that history has chosen the U.S. as the 'exceptional… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
We hear much of special interest groups. Well, our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
When you question a man's motives, when you say they are acting out of greed, they are in the pocket of an… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by interest group… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
“Reciprocal altruism, meanwhile, is rampant in Washington and is the primary channel through which interest groups have succeeded in corrupting government. As… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Building on the public's unwillingness to act on principle in support of market solutions to apparent problems, whether real or imagined, these… — James M. Buchanan Copy Share Image
“ SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS These days, there are special interest groups of all kinds: sports clubs, outdoor clubs, singles activities, political groups,… — Jonathan Berent Copy Share Image
I'm not sure I want to sound like a candidate. I just want to sound like an American who's trying to make… — John Kasich Copy Share Image
I identify myself as an actor, because I feel like you don't go to the doctress, you go to the doctor; it… — Alfre Woodard Copy Share Image
“The United States quietly began exporting food to Cuba in 2001, following the devastating hurricane Michelle. In 2000, President Clinton authorized the… — Captain Hank Bracker, "The Exciting Story of Cuba Copy Share Image
“As evil has attempted to take control, political correctness has become a higher value in the USA than righteousness and truth. Right… — Paul Wilbur Copy Share Image
“Ever since 1945 the federal government has held and indeed increased its importance as the first customer of the American economy. Government… — John Morris Roberts Copy Share Image
“Direct action meant that the goal of any and all of these activities was to provide ways for people to get in… — Martha Ackelsberg Copy Share Image
“But so, too, can unproductive paths persist. The increasing returns characteristic of an initial set of institutions that provide disincentives to productive… — Douglass C. North Copy Share Image
“in times of peace and stability, democracies tended to accumulate ever-increasing numbers of interest groups. Instead of pursuing wealth-creating economic activities, these… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“the Democratic Party had failed (in 1983) 'to remember waht got us this far and how we got here -- moral indignation,… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
“Here is one final reason to think that the United States may be a state that uses the language of democracy to… — Jason F. Stanley Copy Share Image
American cities are kind of difficult contexts to work in. They are politically complex. There are a lot of different interest groups.… — William J. Mitchell Copy Share Image
It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because… — Iris Chang Copy Share Image
In the months after George W. Bush's reelection, a lot of liberals and environmentalists were ready to take a hard look at… — Ted Nordhaus Copy Share Image
There is an abundance of misinformation, exaggeration, and blatant lies being spread by interest groups regarding the prospects for embryonic stem cell… — Virginia Foxx Copy Share Image
The U.S. Senate does not allow legislative provisions to be included in appropriations bills, for much the same reason that most Americans… — Ron Wyden Copy Share Image
Stages of life are artifacts. Adolescence is a useful contrivance, midlife is a moving target, senior citizens are an interest group, and… — Jill Lepore Copy Share Image
Representing the people is not something 'our' representatives do. They are too busy representing a handful of private interest groups such as… — Paul Craig Roberts Copy Share Image
Bowing to well-meaning, special-interest groups is an immoral way to run a company, given all the people it would hurt. We simply… — T. J. Rodgers Copy Share Image
Political scientists after World War II hypothesized that even though the voices of individual Americans counted for little, most people belonged to… — Robert Reich Copy Share Image
My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of… — Stephen Harper Copy Share Image
“For Nation States, and the adversaries within America's boarders (special interest groups, cyber caliphate, Muslim brotherhood, Antifa etc), metadata is "THE" silent… — James Scott, co-founder, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology Copy Share Image
To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by… — Peter Schuyler Copy Share Image
There is still a tendency to regard any existing government intervention as desirable, to attribute all evils to the market, and to… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
Senator Obama is a gifted and eloquent young man who can do great things for our country in the years ahead. But… — Joe Lieberman Copy Share Image
But the consequences of the whole-hearted and uncritical embrace of politics by Christians has been, IN EFFECT, to reduce Christian faith to… — James Davison Hunter Copy Share Image
Christ was crucified because he would have nothing to do with the crowd (even though he addressed himself to all). He did… — Soren Kierkegaard 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
In a sense, whites who were always sort of the unthinking majority who didn't think of themselves necessarily as one among many… — George Packer Copy Share Image
No society can sustain unlimited growth - none ever has. History demonstrates that expectations of infinite growth lead to collapse. Unfortunately, millennia… — Arthur Demarest Copy Share Image
