Money Quote by Chris Smith

The President is the people's lobbyist.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

The President is the peoples lobbyist.

— Hubert H. Humphrey

“When there’s a vacuum of public input, lobbyists usually fill it. But when there’s public input, the people usually win.”

— Morgan Carroll

Too often government responds to the whispers of lobbyists before the cries of the people.

— Andrew Cuomo

Someone doesn't think immediately, "I want to be a lobbyist."

— Jessica Chastain

“Don't put all your money on fairness. It scarcely has any lobbyists.”

— Ljupka Cvetanova

Lobbyists have more offices in Washington than the President. You see, the President only tells Congress what they should do. Lobbyists tell'em what they…

— Will Rogers

“Obama won, but he had few illusions that he had vanquished big money. “I’m an incumbent president who already had this huge network of…

— Jane Mayer

“One of Obama’s greatest failures will be his legacy of making millions completely dependent on government handouts, not work....So sad.”

— Ziad K. Abdelnour

“A politician in our democratic government is a broker for the use of government force to the highest bidders.”

— Erne Lewis

“We can get a lot more things pushed through when the American people are sidetracked with concerns over their finances. Obama’s guys proved that…

— Tim LaHaye

“If we don’t enact sweeping campaign finance reform we will never see progress on the major issues facing our country… as the special interests…

— Wendell Potter