"Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored."

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"Our government just won't enforce civil rights laws. The laws will be ignored."

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"No American soldier should be allowed to set foot on Iranian soil, regardless of the criticism we have of the Iranian government."

Shirin Ebadi, Iranian Lawyer

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"Of the various forms of government which have prevailed in the world, an hereditary monarchy seems to present the fairest scope for ridicule."

Edward Gibbon, English Historian

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"I will continue to advocate for a strong federal government role to establish the production, storage and distribution networks needed to support a hydrogen economy."

Albert Wynn, American Politician

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"The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice."

Charles W. Pickering, American Judge

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"If government were a product, selling it would be illegal."

P. J. O'Rourke, American Comedian

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"The USA government states that the New Mexico Trinity nuclear bomb site is still highly radioactive and 'harmless'. It is interesting to note in the era of Electromagnetic Hypersensitivity (EHS) that it is USA government policy that radio frequency (RF) and electricity are also 'harmless'."

Steven Magee, British Author

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"Government is a ruling structured thuggery."

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay."

Percy Bysshe Shelley, English Poet

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"I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives."

Robert A. Heinlein, American Writer

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"Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than anything a teacher in front of a classroom can do."

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"The ownership of computers in the home is far less than the statistics show, because usually when the computer breaks down once, that is the end of it for a long, long time. They do not have the money or incentive to get the computer repaired."

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"People didn't always see a person with a disability who had to use a ramp or elevator as people who have been given unnecessary privileges. But I run into that often now. People are saying, 'Why do we have to go to great expense for these people?'"

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"Technology tools such as laptops are the kind of help that we need. A program that provides laptops for all youngsters would close a gap that most of us are not aware of, or will not admit to, which is a tremendous gap in the poor communities."

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"Excitement in education and student productivity, the ability to get a result that you want from students, go together and cannot be separated."

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"It is very difficult to get legislation passed. But then the danger always is that you have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power."

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"You have no power at all if you do not exercise constant power."

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"I would like to spend my next two years showing how the aim of making technology available to every young person can be built into the effort to make our nation more secure. That is my latest concern and what I will be pushing over the next two years."

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"It was the best route to get folks to understand segregation fast. Civil rights and women's rights had a clear history. Making the transition to rights for people with disabilities became easier because we had the history of the other two."

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"There's a kind of sick security some people get out of keeping away from people with disabilities. They are running away from any situation that's not totally pure and all-American and that requires them to do any thinking."

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