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"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies."
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"When you see how the President makes political or policy decisions, you see who he is. The essence of the Presidency is decision-making."

"The Democrats have no actual policy proposals of their own unless constant carping counts as a policy."

"Without a good cultural policy, without adequate help, we will always have individualists, shooting stars who are rapidly forgotten or who stop painting for a more profitable occupation."

"One of the first essentials is a policy of unreserved political cooperation with all the nations of the world."

"Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy."

"That policy was abandoned very quickly, and the military police were tagged with the responsibility of conducting training, which they did. We were not equipped or set up with personnel to recruit new Iraqi guards."

"The principles and policy of these Presidents were marked by the most enlarged and comprehensive statesmanship, promoting the highest interests of the Republic."

"In 1973, America imported 30 percent of its crude oil needs. Today, that number has doubled to more than 60 percent. Gas prices are as high as they are now in part because we've had no comprehensive national energy policy for the past few decades."

"Our presence in Afghanistan is not worth the price of any more American lives or treasure."
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"The subject of criminal rehabilitation was debated recently in City Hall. It's an appropriate place for this kind of discussion because the city has always employed so many ex-cons and future cons."

"Hating the Yankees is as American as pizza pie, unwed mothers, and cheating on your income tax."

"Whether one eats a cat or not is a personal choice, and I don't want to sway anyone one way or another. But if you do, there is one obvious cooking tip: Always remember to remove the bell from the cat's collar before cooking."

"Forty years ago, we were on the tail of the Front Page era. There was a different point of view. Reporters and editors were more forgiving of public people. They didn't think they had to stick someone in jail to make a career."

"I never went to a John Wayne movie to find a philosophy to live by or to absorb a profound message. I went for the simple pleasure of spending a couple of hours seeing the bad guys lose."

"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies."
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