Quotes About Influence

Most elected officials don't want you to know about the world of political fundraising because they fear that it paints an unflattering portrait of public life.

One hopes that good, sensible and brave people will continue to go into public life at all levels.

When I make a contribution in debates and in our public life, the House wants to hear what I say. It goes quiet - it wants to know what my opinion is.

Bloomberg believes his money can buy anything - even the liberty of individual Americans. After all, his personal fortune bought him public office.

I'm not one of the people who have to be in public office.

There are very few people who have had as much public impact as I've already had... without being elected to public office in Massachusetts.

If I want to continue to build the kind of effort we have with Do Something, being in a public office would help. I wouldn't rule it out, but it's not something I feel determined to do.

Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.

In the end, the public has the right to know about any undertakings top public officials engage in that may influence how they conduct the people's business.

Crony capitalism is essentially a condition in which... public officials are giving favours to people in the private sector in payment of political favours.

Public opinion isn't formed independently, but driven by narratives from the political class and the media.

Business leaders shape public opinion.

Public opinion can be influential, the media can be influential.

I get to hear the really good or the really bad things in the press, but I don't read it. I can afford to say that because public opinion does not drive U2's audience.

American public opinion is like an ocean, it cannot be stirred by a teaspoon.

It is the absolute right of the State to supervise the formation of public opinion.

It is not at all clear how much the media influences public opinion and how much public opinion influences the media.

With consumers having ever more choice, corporations must invest more and more in courting public opinion.

It's hard not to look at the road of the media and how the media is a big part of painting a picture for public opinion.

Public opinion must be heard.

Politicians know that as public opinion learns to assert itself more aggressively, a government that goes against a presidential opinion can find itself on the defensive.

We are going to mint new astronauts from all communities. We want to influence public policy and opinion... by changing the mindset.

Public opinion shapes public policy dramatically.

My appetite for public policy and changing it, and not only being a part of the conversation, but affecting it in a positive way, never diminished after 10 years in Congress.