Those of us in positions of responsibility, we'll need to be less concerned with the judgment of special interests and well-connected donors,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When you go to Washington now, you can feel a sense of fear in the air - the fear to do anything,… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
Special interests don't want border controls because uncontrolled immigration lowers wages, but the job of a president is to fight for higher… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
The facts [on immigration system ] aren't known because the media won't report on them. The politicians won't talk about them and… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
America's heart and soul is more embedded in our love of liberty, self-reliance, and tolerance than by our foreign policy, driven by… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I strongly recommend that students with autism get involved in special interest clubs in some of the areas they naturally excel at.… — Temple Grandin Copy Share Image
Every special interest is entitled to justice - full, fair, and complete... but not one is entitled to a vote in Congress,… — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
We will end the politics of profit. We will end the rule of special interests. We will end the raiding of our… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I stand before you today as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the presidency of the United States. I am not… — Shirley Chisholm Copy Share Image
The AMA puts the lives and well being of the American citizens well below it's own special interest...It deserves to be ignored,… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
When are we left-wingers going to learn that we are losing the cultural and political battle with conservatives because we are fractured… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton has perfected the politics of personal profit and theft. She ran the State Department like her own personal hedge fund,… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I was in bands as a singer-guitarist-songwriter until 1980-81. So, there's a bunch of stuff. A lot of the stuff is hard… — David Torn Copy Share Image
We don't lump people by groups or special interests. And let me add, in the party of Lincoln there is no room… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
Markets respond not to political pressures channeled through various committees, subcommittees, lobbies, and special interests but to the immediacies and exigencies of… — Joel Miller Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that in the last two to three decades, American democracy has been hacked. It was based on the regular… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
We can't have special interests sitting shotgun. We gotta have middle class families up in front. We don't mind the Republicans joining… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In my legal practice, I have seen certain Federal judges controlled or influenced by large corporations..., by large law firms...on more than… — Orrin Hatch 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
“The smaller the unit of government and the more restricted the functions assigned government, the less likely it is that its actions… — Milton Friedman Copy Share Image
The reason there are tens of thousands of lobbyists is because the ever-expanding federal government creates ever-increasing opportunities for abuse. The more… — Jack Abramoff Copy Share Image
The truth is our immigration system is worse than anybody ever realized. But the facts aren't known because the media won't report… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I do a lot of referendums. They can't talk back. They don't have wives. They don't have friends who tell you how… — Roger Stone Copy Share Image
If they don't have the guts to come up here in front of you and say, 'I don't want to represent you,… — Arnold Schwarzenegger Copy Share Image
As dismayed as Americans are with the influence of the special interests that finance election campaigns, they've been reluctant to embrace the… — John Harwood Copy Share Image
I think after Sandy Hook, when Obama went out, and he talked a lot about gun control and met with the parents,… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
If you're looking for someone to go to Washington, to go along to get along, to get - to agree with the… — Ted Cruz Copy Share Image
We [women] are the majority of the population, majority of the electorate, majority of the workforce... and yet we're still doing majority… — Ai-jen Poo Copy Share Image
Too often in Washington special interests urge us to fight one another just because we belong to different parties. It is time… — Ken Salazar Copy Share Image
I don't think you could find any person in political life today who has been subjected to more attacks and had more… — Hillary Clinton 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
I think we are making progress, but we have long way to go. People also have got to understand the agenda that… — Bernie Sanders 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
Unfortunately, much of the media in Washington, D.C., along with New York, Los Angeles in particular, speaks not for the people, but… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
Our politicians have sacrificed their principles on the altar of special interests; our corporate leaders have sacrificed their integrity on the altar… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
If there was special interests affecting police work, I believe that would be called corruption. So, if it has do with donating… — Garry McCarthy Copy Share Image
On the question of preserving public lands, Trump replies that our elected officials have spent too long rewarding 'special interests,' by which… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
I went to school for marketing and advertising, so I have a special interest in good and funny commercials and why they… — Kevin Nealon Copy Share Image
One of the problems that we have in the human rights community is that special interests often forget the interests of other… — Alfred-Maurice de Zayas Copy Share Image
Let's prove that we're going to stand together, make the smart decisions that will get the economy going and growing for everybody,… — Hillary Clinton Copy Share Image