Who is in charge? Is it taxpayers or is it the special interest groups? — Scott Walker Copy Share Image
Much of what candidates have to do is raise money and appeal to constituencies or interest groups that can provide that money. — Robert Scheer Copy Share Image
I felt that we had become a society ruled by sectors, by interest groups: Whoever's connected to the Israeli government gets more. — Yair Lapid 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
When I took the oath of office, I pledged loyalty to only one special interest group - ‘We the people’. — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Politicians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense. — Donald J. Boudreaux Copy Share Image
Until we make campaigns affordable, then we're going to have too many members of Congress out rattling the cup with special interest… — Dick Durbin Copy Share Image
You have to buy off interest groups, compromise your ideals, and settle for half loaves... — Kevin Drum Copy Share Image
“I do not believe that the founding fathers intended for a fourth branch of government to emerge — that of special interest groups.” — Ben Carson Copy Share Image
If you look at all the lobbyists in Washington, this is not a democracy. This is ruled by special interest groups. That… — Deepak Chopra Copy Share Image
We are living in a globalised world and most of us are worried stiff about powerful interest groups steadily pushing India towards… — Sucheta Dalal Copy Share Image
All Politicians should be required to wear uniforms like Racing Car Drivers with patches showing the donations received from special interest groups… — John Wallace 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
If you are a minority or an interest group, the Democrats will hold the debate at your house. Whereas Republicans take a… — Jon Stewart 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
“Chief Justice Warren Burger—a well-known conservative, appointed by President Richard Nixon—said that the Second Amendment “has been the subject of one of… — Anonymous 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
The rise of a new kind of political science in the 1960s has been driving a wedge between political insiders and voters… — Heather Cox Richardson Copy Share Image
It used to be that the working class, broadly speaking - Americans who worked with their hands, who worked in factories, who… — George Packer Copy Share Image
I believe that the teachers unions are doing exactly what they're supposed to be doing. They were designed to be professional organizations… — Michelle Rhee Copy Share Image
The money that is spent in elections is absolutely unconscionable - even if it's private money. It's true that one's not corrupted… — Millicent Fenwick Copy Share Image
Since the 1920s, virtually all continuing medical and public health education is funded by pharmaceutical companies. In fact, today, the FDA can't… — Leonard Horowitz Copy Share Image
Now listen to the first three aims of the corporatist movement in Germany, Italy and France during the 1920s. These were developed… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
The timing & characteristics of state intervention affect not only organizational tactics and strategies, but the content and definition of interest itself...… — Theda Skocpol Copy Share Image
Although environmental groups sometimes raise issues in the confirmation process, environmental protection is not central to the fear-mongering of the liberal interest… — Benjamin Wittes 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
“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
“But it is not necessarily the case that liberal democracy is the political system best suited to resolving social conflicts per se.… — Francis Fukuyama 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
“So what good is to be found in today’s metropolitan areas, amidst all the alienation, the anonymity, and the lack of cohesiveness… — Jonathan Berent 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
“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
Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the… — Peter Brimelow Copy Share Image
Call me old fashioned, but I like hearing viewers' real thoughts, not the ones special interest groups pay them to tweet. — Alisyn Camerota Copy Share Image
“The architect and the father of war are covetousness of the leaders and of different interest groups fueling war.” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
My good friend Walter Mondale is a good lapdog. He'll give them [special interest groups] everything they want. He'll lick every hand. — Ernest Hollings Copy Share Image