Heinlein
No, but, if I remember correctly, he said some things in that vein (only not about lobbyists) in Time Enough for Love. I remember he wrote something like 'when a society starts requiring identity cards, it's time to go someplace else.'
I've been looking for someplace else.
Now, I'll probably end up digging out my well-worn, many times read, copy to find out exactly what it was he wrote.