Andrew Lansley Quotes

I taught policy and politics for seven years at a university. I told my students lobbyists are not a bad thing; they're absolutely vital.

There are good people in the lobbying industry. Lobbyists can serve a very useful purpose.

Lobbying is just another form of advocacy. It’s like trying a lawsuit.

We do not engage in lobbying as such. However, I do make contact with members of Congress when requested to do so.

Whenever I tell people I am a lobbyist, there is an embarrassed pause.

When I went to Harvard and studied planning, I found I didn't have the skills or the strength to become the kind of public person who could go out and lobby government agencies.

Politics is the science of who gets what, when, and why.

The work I have done in private practice has been assisting companies and organizations to work with an incredibly complex federal government. I'm proud of the impact I've had for these organizations, including organizations here in Pinellas County.

I think dealing with the U.S. Senate is very different from dealing with the electorate.

Lobbying is not a bad thing. I'm not trying to say that we shouldn't have lobbyists or we shouldn't have lobbying to petition our government. It's in the Constitution, and it's something that should be honorable and good.

It's the job of a special advisor to be the eyes and ears of a minister and it's the job of a corporate lobbyist to represent the best interests of their organization.

Policy and politics are always mixed up.

The people who make the most noise get the most publicity. Interest groups do count as opposed to data and rationality.

The Constitution would not actually be a live enterprise without lobbies because that's the way one petitions for the redress of grievances.

Everyone who lobbies represents someone’s particular point of view.

The role of government is, I believe, the most potent but underappreciated cultural issue in American politics.

You name me a profession and I’ll name you a lobbyist that represents them.

Politics is about explanations.

The government needs good science, and I’m not willing to abdicate the role of advising the Administration and Congress on [science] policy.

I get lobbied by governments, schools, nurses, charities. It's not all a bad thing.

The Senate is where the issues are, and most people there are career politicians.

Lobbyists really are experts in their fields and know what they are talking about. That's why the government always listens to them as they tell the government what it's doing wrong and what it should be doing instead.

[Walter White] was also one of the best lobbyist of the period.

Public opinion is very important in the United States. It affects the way Congress deals with issues.

Individual capitalists are in charge of a wide range of decisions which, because of their consequences for the general welfare of society, are in fact public policy decisions taken by private individuals.