9 Quotes About Lobbying

Lobbying is an effective way to get your voice heard in politics. It’s the practice of trying to influence the decisions made by elected officials in government or their equivalents. Lobbying has been around for centuries, but it has become more common since World War II when there was a huge expansion of government spending. Lobbying is often used synonymously with “influence-peddling,” but lobbying encompasses a broad range of activities that are designed to one-up each other Read more

The focus is not necessarily on money, but rather on some other goal that the lobbyist is attempting to achieve.

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Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them. Barry M. Goldwater
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Weber, ... argues that... personal bias should not preclude the scientific ascertainment of objective historical facts. Max Weber
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The Democratic Party would like to be re-elected so that they can continue to uphold almost no Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) whistle-blower complaints, enforce hardly any police internal affairs allegations, and corrupt corporations with lobbyists can continue operating outside of the law. Steven Magee
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I'm frankly sick and tired of the political preachers across this country telling me as a citizen that if I want to be a moral person, I must believe in "A, " "B, " "C" and "D." Just who do they think they are? And from where do they presume to claim the right to dictate their moral beliefs to me? And I am even more angry as a legislator who must endure the threats of every religious group who thinks it has some God-granted right to control my vote on every roll call in the Senate. I am warning them today: I will fight them every step of the way if they try to dictate their moral convictions to all Americans in the name of "conservatism. Barry M. Goldwater
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Under a system in which no single question is submitted to the electorate for direct decision, an ardent minority for or against a particular measure may often count for more than an apathetic majority. Patrick
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Fashion and public relations share a charter to turn life to their own advantage, to make malleable and commercially useful the naked human perception. Both interests consider life too small, dull, and colorless to get itself sufficiently noticed without the lobbying efforts of professionals. Kennedy Fraser
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These were lobbyists–many of them compensated quite handsomely not to react as human beings. Ron Suskind
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Very few of the common people realize that the political and legal systems have been corrupted by decades of corporate lobbying. Steven Magee