Special Interests Quotes - Page 9

• Let's save all the children, save the babies, save the babies.

  Marvin Gaye

  Baby, Peace, Children

  Song: Save The Children, Album: What's Going On, 1971

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• One of the fundamental necessities in a representative government such as ours is to make certain that the men to whom the people delegate their power shall serve the people by whom they are elected, and not the special interests. I believe that every national officer, elected or appointed, should be forbidden to perform any service or receive any compensation, directly or indirectly, from interstate corporations; and a similar provision could not fail to be useful within the States.

  Theodore Roosevelt

  Believe, Men, People

  Theodore Roosevelt (2004). “Letters and Speeches”

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• I think that the best approach would be if the American people ever insist that we cut down on the massive amounts of money that moves into the campaigns from special interest groups, and if we resist publicly by saying "No more negative advertisements that destroy the reputations of one's opponents." In the meantime, just don't pay any attention to negative ads, if you can avoid them, and try to focus on the issues.

  Jimmy Carter

  Moving, Cutting, Thinking

  "President Jimmy Carter ‘NIV Lessons from Life Bible’ Interview with Kam Williams". Interview with Kam Williams, newsblaze.com. May 22, 2012.

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• Legislative action will never bring genuine campaign-finance reform. Consultants will prove endlessly inventive in gaming whatever system the reformers can devise so as to give their candidate an edge and allow the power of massive money to be felt. But reform laws will become irrelevant and redundant as the Internet replaces the special-interest fat cats as the best way to raise money and takes the place of TV as the most effective way to get votes.

  Dick Morris

  Cat, Law, Giving

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• The only things that distinguish the photographer from everybody else are his pictures: they alone are the basis for our special interest in him. If pictures cannot be understood without knowing details of the artist's private life, then that is a reason for faulting them; major art, by definition, can stand independent of its maker.

  Robert Adams

  Art, Independent, Knowing

  Robert Adams (1989). “Beauty in photography: essays in defense of traditional values”

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• I have taken special interest in these accounts [of UFOs].. I think there may be substance to some of these reports... I think we owe it to the people to establish credibility regarding UFOs and to produce the greatest possible enlightenment on this subject.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Taken, Thinking, People

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• Politics need to stop treating women as a special-interest group.

  Eva Longoria

  Special, Groups, Needs

  "Election Q&A: Eva Longoria, Concerned Citizen". Interview with Matt Sullivan, www.esquire.com. November 5, 2012.

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• Have a special interest, a positive prejudice about some clump of trees or one particular knoll, an excitement about them can spread through the whole composition, and so fire the rest of the things that you are only mildly interested in.

  John French Sloan

  Fire, Tree, Special

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• I've owned a business for 26 years. My family isn't in politics and my supporters aren't special interest groups in Madison and Milwaukee.

  Mark Neumann

  Years, Special, Groups

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• I’ve decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard to deliver results for the middle class - a leader with the courage to do what’s right, no matter how tough the odds or how powerful the special interests we have to fight.

  Tammy Baldwin

  Running, Powerful, Believe

  "Tammy Baldwin Announces Senate Run In Wisconsin" by Amanda Terkel, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 6, 2011.

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• If we're not there making the argument then the cultural gulf that Republicans try to exploit saying, "Ah, these city slickers: they're all looking down on you, they don't care about you. They're just trying to help out their various special interest constituencies," that argument ends up being successful.

  Barack Obama

  Successful, Cities, Special

  Source: abcnews.go.com

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• The revolution will not be televised.

  Gil Scott-Heron

  Peace, Interesting, Independence

  Title of song (1974)

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• Love is hate
  War is Peace
  No is Yes
  And we're all free.

  Tracy Chapman

  Peace, Hate, War

  Song: Why?, Album: Tracy Chapman, 1988

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• There's an institution here called the National Sound Archive, and there's a character who works there, Paul Wilson. He takes a very special interest in the history of the music and advised Martin Davidson of the existence of these tapes.

  Evan Parker

  Character, Special, Sound

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• Special-interest magazines are dangerous places for writers to start out in because the writing quickly falls into a routine and people are likely to find themselves artistically exhausted when they want to work on something of their own

  Irwin Shaw

  Fall, Writing, People

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• The plain truth is that labor is the chief representative force that keeps the real special interests from dominating American political life.

  Lane Kirkland

  Real, Political, Special

  "Robust Unionism: Innovations in the Labor Movement". Book by Arthur B. Shostak, p. 190, 1991.

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• The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political power.

  Paul Wellstone

  Country, Money, People

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• The United Nations has come under the control of outlaw nations and self-serving special interest groups.

  Ginny Brown-Waite

  Self, Special, Groups

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• People like Elizabeth Dole have given too much power to the special interests.

  Kay Hagan

  People, Special, Too Much Power

  "North Carolina race remains tight" by Martin Kady Ii, www.politico.com. September 09, 2008.

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• Too often in Washington special interests urge us to fight one another just because we belong to different parties. It is time for this to stop and for Washington to focus on what needs to be done.

  Ken Salazar

  Party, Fighting, Focus

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• Campaign finance and ethics reform only works if it curtails all special interest groups equally and does not carve out any exceptions to benefit one party or another. 'Pay to play' reform was passed to limit the influence of big spending contractors over the public officials from whom they are trying to obtain work.

  Thomas Kean, Jr.

  Party, Play, Trying

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• I don't take PAC money. I don't take special interest money.

  Jesse Ventura

  Special, Pacs, Interest

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• I have fought against spending. I have fought against special interests. I have fought for reform.

  Barack Obama

  Special, Reform, Spending

  "McCain, Obama go head to head in last debate". www.cnn.com. October 15, 2008.

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• All Politicians should be required to wear uniforms like Racing Car Drivers with patches showing the donations received from special interest groups so we know who has paid them off!

  John Wallace

  Car, Racing, Special

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• I'm really glad that our young people missed the Depression and missed the great big war. But I do regret that they missed the leaders that I knew, leaders who told us when things were tough and that we'd have to sacrifice, and that these difficulties might last awhile. They didn't tell us things were hard for us because we were different, or isolated, or special interests. They brought us together and they gave us a sense of national purpose.

  Ann Richards

  Regret, War, Sacrifice

  Ann Richards' Address at the Democratic National Convention in Texas, www.nytimes.com. July 19, 1988.

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