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"Congress seems to believe that 'Children are our future' is a phrase coined by tobacco advertisers."
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"The Death of Advertising? I think that's in the book of Revelation. It's the day when people everywhere become satisfied with their weight, their hair, their skin, their wardrobe, and their aroma."

"I believe 'credibility' is one of the biggest issues yet to be addressed by Internet advertisers."

"There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is regulated for truth. I'll put the accuracy of the average ad in this country up against the average news story any time."

"The law requires a paper towel ad to be scrupulously honest, but allows political candidates to lie without reproach. What's wrong with this picture?"

"Congress seems to believe that 'Children are our future' is a phrase coined by tobacco advertisers."

"Commercial speech is like obscenity... we can't seem to define it, but we know it when we see it."

"Is advertising a profession, like law or medicine? How many new parents clutch their baby to their breast and declare, 'I want this child to grow up to be a media planner'?"

"In the world of commercial speech, tobacco advertising bears the earmarks of an endangered species."
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"'Favoritism' is always a factor, and pressure always build for the appointment of friends of influential supporters of the President, or for the nominees of powerful Member of Congress from the incoming President's party."

"We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and determining that we have met the standard that has been set forth by Congress in order to utilize these techniques."

"I feel kind of like the black sheep in Congress, but here I am."

"Serving in Congress has been the honor of a lifetime."

"Democrats' definition of "rich" - always seems to be set just above whatever the salary happens to be for a member of Congress. Perhaps that says it all."

"Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if you move too quickly, our democracy will be less responsible to the majority."

"What five members of the Supreme Court say the law is may be something vastly different from what Congress intended the law to be."

"A Bush Administration will, I believe, enjoy a better relationship with the new Congress, although President-elect Bush will be faced with real challenges in getting along with the Congress."

"We have to remind the people: Congress has the constitutional obligation and public responsibility to oversee these issues and the Department of Justice's operations."
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