Lobbyists know that a 0 percent tax rate on capital income is not, in fact, the lowest possible rate. There can be… — Joel Achenbach Copy Share Image
Some issues lend themselves to grassroots campaigns - homeschooling works well - but others require contrivance and connivance to whip up support.… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
Welfarism and excessive spending and deficits and socialism divide us, because everybody has to go to Washington. Those who have the biggest… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
There is the old boys' club, but there are people who are "conviction lobbyists" coming from the heart. — Gugu Mbatha-Raw Copy Share Image
If we have Senators and Congressmen there that can't protect themselves against the evil temptations of lobbyists, we don't need to change… — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
Get involved in an issue that you're passionate about. It almost doesn't matter what it is ... We give too much of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I think politicians in America don't speak up because their local lobbyist has them shut up. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot of people are against term limits, and I… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
As a lobbyist, I thought it only natural and right that my clients should reward those members who saved them such substantial… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
The studies that show the reason Washington real estate is booming and there are so many lobbyists in town, it does pay. — Mark Shields Copy Share Image
The politicians in America are all taken over by the lobbyists. I really believe the lobbyists keep them shut up because China… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
It's time for me to give out an award to newly elected Majority Leader John Boehner. Mr. Boehner was elected just a… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
Washington, of course, aside from being one of the most mismanaged, crime-ridden cities on the planet, is a place where 535 federal… — Charley Reese Copy Share Image
Air Force officials appear to be more concerned with appeasing the powerful Religious Right lobbyists who have argued against any guidelines that… — Barry W. Lynn Copy Share Image
Here's a guy [Marco Rubio] - here's a guy that buys a house for $179,000, he sells it to a lobbyist who's… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Most of the women I spoke to were pushing agendas that they felt connected to - more so than with the male… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
When I tell somebody to do something I'm not going to get a lobbyist calling me the next day to say please… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Young women need to know that abortion rights and abortion access are not presents bestowed or retracted by powerful men (or women)… — Katha Pollitt Copy Share Image
“Every function superadded to those already exercised by the government causes its influence over hopes and fears to be more widely diffused,… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
Lobbyists are in many cases expert technicians and capable of explaining complex and difficult subjects in a clear, understandable fashion. They engage… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
We need a total ban on foreign lobbyists raising money for American elections. — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
One comment by a female lobbyist really shocked me. She said, "Washington is a contact sport." I asked, "What do you mean… — Jessica Chastain Copy Share Image
My sense of American politics is that most of our politicians are for sale, whether they are out and out crooked, or… — Kam Williams Copy Share Image