Quotes About Lobbying

Money is the original sin in politics and I am not sinless.

Wealth aggregates and becomes political power. Simple as that. 'Corporation' is just the most recent name for it.

People who give money in large amount in politics are basically not altruistic.

Well, the role of money in politics is pretty corrupting right now.

I would want to see the Supreme Court reverse Citizens United and get dark, unaccountable money out of our politics.

There are a lot of grotesqueries in politics, not the least of which is the fund-raising side.

The role of money in politics is terrible, particularly when you're running for president. You get a handful of billionaires who can basically buy the White House.

I think it's a terrible system, but money in politics is like water running downhill -- it finds its way.

Money is the mother's milk of politics.

Wall Street has enormous power over the Republican Party, enormous power over the Democratic Party.

Money and donations are an important part of our political system. They are hard power.

Politics has got so expensive that it takes lots of money to even get beat with.

We have the best Congress money can buy.

The lobby is the army of the plutocracy. An

Just as the United States had managed to largely get rid of the problem of political corruption by making the bribery of legislators effectively legal (it was redefined as "lobbying")

It is difficult for the common good to prevail against the intense concentration of those who have a special interest, especially if the decisions are made behind locked doors.

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

The corporations don't have to lobby the government anymore. They are the government.

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 do.

Most people seem unaware that corporate influence and wealth has taken over public policy, such that government policy now favors the wealthy few at the expense of the people.

Whenever government proposes to get involved in the regulation of trade, just be very, very careful about who's behind this proposal, what their motives are.

Netscape was able to get the government working on its behalf.

I do not know of any environmental group in any country that does not view its government as an adversary.

A newly elected representative quickly discovers that his job in government-aside from making new laws-is to act as a broker, middleman, special pleader and finagler.