Business Influence Quotes

Wars are often won by diplomats and businessmen—not soldiers

We have a lot of people who are Republicans, a lot of people who are Democrats, and it's not just because of business reasons.

Big business does not want honest government.

American oil companies - including Amoco, Unocal, Exxon, Pennzoil - have invested billions of dollars in Azerbaijan and plan to invest billions more. As a result, they have developed a strongly pro-Azerbaijan position.

Every senator needs to stand up and represent their constituents - not big business, not the ACLU, not activist groups, not political interests, but the American interests, the workers' interests.

People are becoming more and more aware of how the dominance of development and business is altering their lives and, in particular, their own heritage.

American politicians are responsive almost solely to the interests and desires of their rich constituents and interest groups that primarily represent big business.

Perhaps the greatest threat to freedom and democracy in the world today comes from the formation of unholy alliances between government and business. This is not a new phenomenon. It used to be called fascism... .The outward appearances of the democratic process are observed, but the powers of the state are diverted to the benefit of private interests.

The President [FDR] is willing to take what Congress will give him and Congress will give him only what big business is willing that he should have.

Trump's administration looks a great deal like those of the 1850s and the 1890s, with business and government so intertwined that they cannot be disentangled.

The idea that the business world's needs get ignored in Washington is perpetuated by business so it can fulfill even more of its needs, real or imagined.

Nobody should have any illusions. The United States has essentially a one-party system and the ruling party is the business party.

In this business, it is about making an impact.

One of the most interesting things that I'm seeing of the Trump picks is such a heavy business and financial focus. I can't help but feel like this is going to throw a lot of policy weight and details back to Congress, because these are not people who have a lot of experience drafting legislation.

It's hard for them to run away from their record. The Kochs are businessmen.

Our government, National and State, must be freed from the sinister influence or control of special interests. Exactly as the special interests of cotton and slavery threatened our political integrity before the Civil War, so now the great special business interests too often control and corrupt the men and methods of government for their own profit. We must drive the special interests out of politics.

The people who think that the power of big business is enormous are mistaken

I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.

Most libertarians are worried about government but not worried about business. I think we need to be worrying about business in exactly the same way we are worrying about government.

For many my behavior has been a major disappointment, my behavior has caused considerable worry to my business partners, and everyone involved in my business, but most importantly to the young people we influence, I apologize.

So it is the business community and agricultural community who I think might have the most influence on helping us make this effort more bipartisan.

There seems to be something sacrosanct about big business.

It has become more and more obvious that there is one political party in America, and that is The Business Party.

I don't want to see this country run by big business and big labor.

Big money and big business, corporations and commerce, are again the undisputed overlords of politics and government. The White House, the Congress and, increasingly, the judiciary, reflect their interests. We appear to have a government run by remote control from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the National Association of Manufacturers and the American Petroleum Institute. To hell with everyone else.