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"You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world."

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"I do not believe there is a problem in this country or the world today which could not be settled if approached through the teaching of the Sermon on the Mount."

"A wise traveler never despises his own country."

"The nation can no longer afford to continue policies that hasten the flight of persons to the distant suburbs."

"The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority."

"Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held."

"There is no country in the world where it's as easy to find venture capital in the stock market as the United States."

"As a woman I have no country. As a woman my country is the whole world."

"If the rabble were lopped off at one end and the aristocrats at the other, all would be well with the country."

"President Bush in his inaugural address talked about bringing freedom to countries that don't have it. He didn't specify how."

"Anybody who runs for president in this country and comes out as strong as the Democrats were about helping the poor folks and black folks is not going to win."

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"You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world."

"Peter is an old friend. I'm heartbroken, but he's also a tough guy. I'm counting on him getting through this very difficult passage."

"Judy Miller is the most innocent person in this case. I really thought that was outrageous that she was jailed and we needed as journalists to draw a line in the sand in a strong but thoughtful way."

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"Don't overstate Fox News. It's still much smaller than the least of the network niches."

"If fishing is a religion, fly fishing is high church."

"While attendance at traditional churches has been declining for decades... the evangelical movement is growing, and it is changing the way America worships."

"Our obligation at the network is where do we fit into that and how can we best capitalize on that to make sure that our piece of that remains important to those young people."