Phil Gingrey Quotes

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

I don't want to be a lobbyist. I want to provide strategic advice to companies. I said both of those things in the course of the interview, and I made clear this is a matter only for after I had become a private citizen and I was no longer a member of parliament.

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.

You can't be a public affairs specialist if you're actually working on the public's affairs.

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.

I will fight hard for my constituents in Congress as I have done in the state Senate.

My focus has been on being a good congressman, and there is so much other work to do.

I decided to run for Congress to get and keep people in the middle class.

Few relationships are as critical to the business enterprise as the relationship to the government. Managers have responsibility for this relationship as part of their responsibility to the enterprise itself. It is an area of social impact of the business. To a large extent the relationship to government results from what businesses do or fail to do.

Success can be built on a strong relationship between a lobbyist and a single, powerful lawmaker.

I enjoyed the administrative work because it involved working with Congress, city council, and the mayor. I had never been a politician so it was fun - learning political maneuvering.

I am looking forward to working with Congressman Hobson and Vorys Advisors to help Ohio businesses and organizations achieve their goals and objectives.

I studied politics and economics at Bristol, and people always assumed that I'd go into politics or a non-government organisation when I left. I might well do this later on. I'd love to represent a West Country seat in the House of Commons.

Congress is full of good, decent, smart people who have devoted their lives to public service.

I never dread going back to Congress.

As attorney general, I've had some connection with just about every important public issue in the last eight years in Kentucky. All of the important public issues of the day have, at some point.

Remain close to government and away from politics. It means deal more with the authorities. And less with individuals.

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

Lobby? That's certainly not what the position is all about.

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

The employment had no reference whatever to anything pending in Congress.

Doing consulting and government relations on the hill took up a lot less time than running a record store and brought in a lot more money

At home when people go to lawmakers and induce them with trips and gifts and so on to pass legislation, it's called corruption. But in the U.S. it's actually a profession called lobbying!

I want to go back to Congress and get to work on making a real difference for the families and workers of South Florida.

As a man of the Congress, let me reaffirm my conviction that the collective wisdom of our two great legislative bodies while not infallible will in the end serve the people faithfully and very, very well.