When I took the oath of office, I pledged loyalty to only one special interest group - ‘We the people’. — Ronald Reagan 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
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
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
“The architect and the father of war are covetousness of the leaders and of different interest groups fueling war.” — Sunday Adelaja 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
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
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
Once a bureau is created, its staff becomes a tenacious political interest group, well placed to defend its budget and to make… — Robert Higgs Copy Share Image
There was room for a Democrat to break with the interest groups and to vote for Roberts. (Hillary Clinton) could have because… — Calvin Jillson 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
I have always felt that public, commercial and community organisations should be as open as possible about their affairs. They need to… — Laisenia Qarase Copy Share Image
Through sites like MySpace, people coalesce into interest groups, and this gives me the opportunity to do vast mailshots to people who… — Martin Millar Copy Share Image
I'm not a caterer. I just have to stay with my creative convictions. At some point, you have to just get past… — Ron Howard Copy Share Image
The main opposition to Judge Gorsuch's confirmation comes from a handful of Democratic Senators who are using the playbook of far-left special… — Thom Tillis Copy Share Image
The government has departments to deal with the special interest groups that make themselves heard and felt. A Department of Agriculture cares… — Malcolm X 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
“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
I think that the best approach would be if the American people ever insist that we cut down on the massive amounts… — Jimmy Carter 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
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
Democratic capitalism: A cooperative enterprise to earn enough money to buy enough Congressional influence to gain control over the government's guns so… — Gary North 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
“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
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
People think that politics just somehow magically organizes itself. It doesn't work that way. You need to assemble these huge coalitions of… — Jonathan Rauch Copy Share Image
“corporate special interest groups rely heavily on one strategy: divide and conquer. We win when more people participate and when we unite… — David Akadjian Copy Share Image
The Democratic Party is a coalition. Its strength and its weakness is, it's a coalition of interest groups, caucuses. It's a lot… — Mark Shields 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
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
You know the way Washington works. Once you start floating ideas, they are immediately attacked by all the different interest groups before… — Judd Gregg Copy Share Image
Is Christianity just another special-interest group, clawing for political power? Or, even if Christians are acting as God's spokesmen, must Christians always… — Gary North Copy Share Image
But this is the great danger America faces. That we will cease to be one nation and become instead a collection of… — Barbara Jordan Copy Share Image
That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest… — Angela Merkel Copy Share Image
Interest groups are not the same as individuals. Through false nostalgia for the New Deal, you are taking the younger generation hostage.… — Amity Shlaes Copy Share Image
This, by the way, is the welfare state in action: Its a whole bunch of special interest groups screwing consumers and taxpayers,… — Murray Rothbard Copy Share Image
