Consider the following statements:

Statement I: A pressure group is a collection of individuals who have come together actively to advance and protect their shared interests. It is so named because it tries to affect public policy by applying pressure to the government.

Statement II: The pressure groups use legal and acceptable techniques, such as lobbying, correspondence, publicity, propagandizing, petitions, public debating, maintaining touch with their politicians, and so on, to influence the formulation and execution of government policies.

Which of the statements is/are correct?