Quotes of: Lobbyists Keyword

America’s problem, in a word, is politicians. In two words, it’s politicians and lobbyists. In three words, it’s politicians, lobbyists, and lawyers. And finally, in four words, it’s politicians, lobbyists, lawyers, and bankers.

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My four years as governor, I never met with a lobbyist once, never. Not one lobbyist got in my office.

Jesse Ventura

The reason there are tens of thousands of lobbyists is because the ever-expanding federal government creates ever-increasing opportunities for abuse. The more the federal government does, the more lobbyists there will be to protect special interests ...

Jack Abramoff

Most financiers, corporate lawyers, lobbyists, and management consultants are competing with other financiers, lawyers, lobbyists, and management consultants in zero-sum games that take money out of one set of pockets and put it into another.

Robert Reich

There is something uniquely depressing about the fact that the National Portrait Gallery's version of the Barack Obama 'Hope' poster previously belonged to a pair of lobbyists. Depressing because Mr. Obama's Washington was not supposed to be the lobb...

Thomas Frank

As a lobbyist, I was completely against term limits, and I know a lot of people are against term limits, and I was one of the leaders, because why? As a lobbyist, once you buy a congressional office, you don't have to re-buy that office in six years,...

Jack Abramoff

The President is the people's lobbyist.

Hubert H. Humphrey

Jack Abramoff is the world's best lobbyist - for the Federal Penitentiary System.

P. J. O'Rourke

There are good people in the lobbying industry. Lobbyists can serve a very useful purpose.

Kevin Spacey

The air is dirty because of the electricity monopolists. They have powerful money lobbyists.

Sam Wyly

Success can be built on a strong relationship between a lobbyist and a single, powerful lawmaker.

Joshua Micah Marshall

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

Andrew Cuomo

It's the job of a special advisor to be the eyes and ears of a minister and it's the job of a corporate lobbyist to represent the best interests of their organization.

Thomas Watson, Jr.

Lobbying is a legitimate profession... Many congressional spouses act as lobbyists.

Patricia Schroeder

America is one of the biggest businesses in the world, and the people who run it can't balance their budget. We need business people in there and lobbyists out of there.

John Paul DeJoria

Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws.

Marty Meehan

Within the narrow confines of Permanent Washington - the journalists, lobbyists, and congressional lifers who are the city's avatars of centrism and continuity - Ford is considered the beau ideal of American leadership.

Timothy Noah

The average American doesn't realize how much of the laws are written by lobbyists.

Eric Schmidt

The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate - is a big factor.

Al Gore

I will never be an insider. I want to be the champion of people who don't have insiders and lobbyists supporting them.

Pat Quinn

We work for the families back home, we do not work for the lobbyists that prowl the halls of the capital building, do not forget who we work for.

Brian Schweitzer