A senator will come off Capitol Hill and they'll be barred from two years from lobbying in the Senate. So they'll pick… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
The groups who spend the most on lobbying lawmakers in Washington are well-known: ExxonMobil, Boeing, AT&T, General Electric. — Elizabeth Flock Copy Share Image
Often vastly more important, international agreements are not routinely published in draft form or publicly debated, and civil society organizations and ordinary… — Thomas Pogge Copy Share Image
KWMR is my radio station, and I intend to have a job there as I get older. That's what I'm lobbying for.… — Frances McDormand Copy Share Image
In trying to get votes for the Superconducting Super Collider, I was very much involved in lobbying members of Congress, testifying to… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
Money has transformed every watchdog, every independent authority. Medical doctors are increasingly gulled by the lobbying of pharmaceutical salesmen. — Thomas Frank Copy Share Image
The important thing to remember with the Internet is that there are large companies that have an interest in controlling how information… — Eli Pariser Copy Share Image
“A world where you cannot even speak to another person without worrying about what they are going to think of you, has… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Cable companies aren't bad because they're parts of unwieldy media conglomerates. They're bad because they're monopolies (even where they are no longer… — Virginia Postrel Copy Share Image
The reason I first ran for the state legislature didn't start in a courtroom or in a lobbying firm or anywhere near… — Ralph Northam Copy Share Image
Every time the DSM prepares for a new edition, there are countless groups lobbying to get their particular mental illness recognized by… — Siri Hustvedt Copy Share Image
I think if you do term limits, you would really increase the power of lobbying. — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
After all, Wall Street is clearly the most powerful lobbying force on Capitol Hill. From 1998 through 2008, the financial sector spent… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Okay, you've convinced me. Now go out there and bring pressure on me. — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
The primary role of professional societies is the lobbying of the government for special advantage — Richard Lindzen Copy Share Image
Few relationships are as critical to the business enterprise itself as the relationship to government. The manager has responsibility for this relationship… — Peter Drucker Copy Share Image
I was set free because the negotiations were successful, because there were people lobbying for my freedom, and because hundreds of thousands… — Giuliana Sgrena Copy Share Image
Businesses have moved from doing business to doing lobbying, and I think that's a very bad thing. — Angus Deaton Copy Share Image
...So they are trying to do something about it. They are not doing it by seeking charity. They are not begging at… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
I think that kind of urgency is what makes this stage of the climate movement really different from what it was even… — Avi Lewis Copy Share Image
In reality, everybody in Congress is a stand-in for some kind of lobbyist. In many cases it's difficult to tell whether it's… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
The banks lobbied Washington so they could write the rules that got us into this crisis. They then lobbied Washington to get… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
We need a lifetime ban on government officials lobbying for a foreign government. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
“Between 1990 and 2005, a new prison opened in the United States every ten days. Prison growth and the resulting “prison-industrial complex”—the… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I don't find myself lobbying for projects. Filmmakers almost always come to me. — Carter Burwell Copy Share Image
