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Now listen to the first three aims of the corporatist movement in Germany, Italy and France during the 1920s. These were developed by the people who went on to become part of the Fascist experience:(1) shift power directly to economic and social interest groups;(2) push entrepreneurial initiative in areas normally reserved for public bodies;(3) obliterate the boundaries between public and private interest -- that is, challenge the idea of the public interest. This sounds like the official... John Ralston Saul
Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members. Peter Brimelow
The problem is, of course, that these interest groups are all asking for changes, but their enthusiasm for change rapidly disappears when it affects the core of their own interests. Angela Merkel
Until you actually join this government you say that you defend and join it on the same basis as any other citizen then I have every intention of regarding you as I would any other lobbyist for any other interest group demanding special privileges for its members. Fyor Rodan Walter Jon Williams
There is still a tendency to regard any existing government intervention as desirable, to attribute all evils to the market, and to evaluate new proposals for government control in their ideal form, as they might work if run by able, disinterested men free from the pressure of special interest groups. Milton Friedman
That is why everyone in politics, and we do it, must make sure that they do not depend on one single interest group. A good compromise is one where everybody makes a contribution. Angela Merkel
Vincent Gallo quote: "I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special..."
I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists that support me. Vincent Gallo
There is an abundance of misinformation, exaggeration, and blatant lies being spread by interest groups regarding the prospects for embryonic stem cell research. Virginia Foxx
The U.S. Senate does not allow legislative provisions to be included in appropriations bills, for much the same reason that most Americans are concerned about earmarks: it creates a slippery slope by which lobbyists and special interest groups can sneak provisions into large, must-pass legislation. Ron Wyden
The reality is that the special interest groups that have lobbied against Free Choice Vouchers object to any measure that would empower employees to have a say in their health benefits because it begins to erode their power in the current health care system. Ron Wyden
My own views on abortion, I'm not on either pole of that and neither of the interest groups on either end of this issue would probably be comfortable with my views. Stephen Harper
We plan to pick up another five seats in the Senate and hold the House through redistricting through 2012. And rather than negotiate with the teachers' unions and the trial lawyers and the various leftist interest groups, we intend to break them. Grover Norquist
Scott Walker quote: "Who is in charge? Is it taxpayers or is it the special..."
Who is in charge? Is it taxpayers or is it the special interest groups? Scott Walker
Ginny B. Waite quote: "The United Nations has come under the control of outlaw..."
The United Nations has come under the control of outlaw nations and self-serving special interest groups. Ginny B. Waite
It was clear that the special interest groups in California really wanted the Chinese to be shut out of the country, because that was where the racial tension was the greatest. Iris Chang

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