“American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.” WorldDoeStatesDoneTurnsUnitedCasesUnited StatesInfluenceSpecialProveEconomicsEmpiresExceptionPolitics And Economics Book:The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World's Government in the Source: The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World's Government in the
“Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.” KindAbilityAttentionInfluenceSpecialEventsAuthorityPresidentialObsessedSignificancePardonPerksPardon Me Author:Barbara Olson
“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.” IfsTryingDoePlayBigsInterestPartyPayGroupsInfluenceSpecialLimitsBenefitsEthicsSpendingCampaignsFinanceReformOfficialsExceptionSpecial InterestsContractorInterest GroupsPublic OfficialsCampaign FinanceSpecial Interest Groups Author:Thomas Kean, Jr.
“I have somehow something like "influence" ... In the Anti-Semitic Correspondence ... my name is mentioned in almost every issue. Zarathustra ... has charmed the anti-Semites; there is a special anti-Semitic interpretation of it that made me laugh very much.” MadeNamesLaughingIssuesInfluenceSpecialInterpretationCorrespondenceCharmedAnti SemiticZarathustra Author:Friedrich Nietzsche
“Democratic capitalism: A cooperative enterprise to earn enough money to buy enough Congressional influence to gain control over the government's guns so as to get even more money for your special-interest group.Social democratic capitalism: A cooperative enterprise to promise sufficient government benefits to enough voters to gain control over the government's guns so as to keep any other special-interest group from getting as much power as yours.” EnoughGovernmentSocialInterestGroupsInfluenceSpecialPromiseBenefitsGunCapitalismGainsDemocraticSufficientEnterpriseVotersMore MoneySpecial InterestsCooperativesInterest GroupsSpecial Interest Groups Author:Gary North
“It is no accident that Hitler, Lenin, Pol Pot and other butchers of note took special pains early in their despotic careers to suppress religion and undermine the traditional family. Theophobes would find such a characterization truly horrifying, but it's true. This explains why theophobia - while popular in faculty lounges, journalism seminars and Hollywood bacchanals - has not and probably never will attract a public following of any appreciable influence or size.” PainCareersInfluenceSpecialHollywoodNotesSizeFollowingAccidentsTraditionalJournalismFacultyPotButchersCharacterizationSeminarsTraditional Family Author:Tony Snow
“If saying that religion should be a private matter and should not have special influence in public life is illiberal, then 74% of U.K. Christians are illiberal, too.” IfsShouldMatterChristianLife IsInfluenceSpecialPublic Life Author:Richard Dawkins
“My parents are my biggest influences. My parents and my city. Brooklyn, New York, New York City, the community I grew up. I don't feel like I'm special in that. I feel like that's everybody.” FeelsParentCommunityCitiesInfluenceSpecialNew YorkGrewGrew UpNew York CityBrooklynBrooklyn New York Author:Talib Kweli