Interest Groups Quotes
46 quotes by 43 authors
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Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.
— Peter Brimelow
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I'm sometimes asked why it is that for 30 years we seem to have trouble in the United States enforcing the rules against illegal immigration,…
— Michael Chertoff
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The government has departments to deal with the special interest groups that make themselves heard and felt. A Department of Agriculture cares for the farmers'…
— Malcolm X
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In U.S. politics, 'compassion' means giving money and privileges to well organized interest groups at everyone else's expense.
— Paul Craig Roberts
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Governments do not necessarily act in the national interest, especially when making detailed microeconomic interventions. Instead, they are influenced by interest group pressures. The kinds…
— Paul Krugman
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This, by the way, is the welfare state in action: Its a whole bunch of special interest groups screwing consumers and taxpayers, and making them…
— Murray Rothbard
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The timing & characteristics of state intervention affect not only organizational tactics and strategies, but the content and definition of interest itself... Some scholars have…
— Theda Skocpol
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There is still a tendency to regard any existing government intervention as desirable, to attribute all evils to the market, and to evaluate new proposals…
— Milton Friedman
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We hear much of special interest groups. Well, our concern must be for a special interest group that has been too long neglected. It knows…
— Ronald Reagan
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I'm not a caterer. I just have to stay with my creative convictions. At some point, you have to just get past the special-interest groups…
— Ron Howard
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Im sorry Im not gay or Jewish, so I dont have a special interest group of journalists that support me.
— Vincent Gallo
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That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good…
— Angela Merkel
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When are we left-wingers going to learn that we are losing the cultural and political battle with conservatives because we are fractured into narcissistic special-interest…
— Sherman Alexie
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Politicians will pander to special-interest groups eager to gain at the public expense.
— Donald J. Boudreaux
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Storytelling may be what most distinguishes social movements from interest groups.
— Marshall Ganz
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I have always felt that public, commercial and community organisations should be as open as possible about their affairs. They need to be accountable to…
— Laisenia Qarase
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But the consequences of the whole-hearted and uncritical embrace of politics by Christians has been, IN EFFECT, to reduce Christian faith to a political ideology…
— James Davison Hunter
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When I took the oath of office, I pledged loyalty to only one special interest group - ‘We the people’.
— Ronald Reagan
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What is happening to teachers now across this nation is a disgrace. The attacks on them are a blot on our nation. Teachers and students…
— Diane Ravitch
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Christ was crucified because he would have nothing to do with the crowd (even though he addressed himself to all). He did not want to…
— Soren Kierkegaard
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