Influence Peddling Scheme

Famous quotes containing the words influence and/or scheme:

    We should be blessed if we lived in the present always, and took advantage of every accident that befell us, like the grass which confesses the influence of the slightest dew that falls on it; and did not spend our time in atoning for the neglect of past opportunities, which we call doing our duty.
    Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people’s office.
    Grover Cleveland (1837–1908)