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"As to the advantages of temperance in the training of the armed forces and of its benefits to the members of the forces themselves, there can be no doubt in the world."
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"Whatever I have not yet learned to tolerate in myself inevitably will appear in my children. In this way, they, like Julia, guide me to a new level of self-awareness and everyone benefits."
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"Social Security has never failed to pay promised benefits, and Democrats will fight to make sure that Republicans do not turn a guaranteed benefit into a guaranteed gamble."
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"When we give a subsidy, the benefits to the public ought to exceed the benefits to the company. When it doesn't, that's our definition of corporate welfare."
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"Specifically, I am concerned about the long-term condition of Social Security. I am committed to ensuring that current beneficiaries and those nearing retirement face no reduction in benefits, while preserving this vital program for future generations."
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"I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality."
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"Germany, I think, was first to substitute a Social Security program for its elderly based on this premise, that is, that we would tax workers to pay retirement benefits for those retired."
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"As a co-chair of the State's 2010 Olympics Task Force, I am working to make sure our border crossings are ready to handle the risks and benefits the Games will bring."
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"Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists and of the mankind which ultimately benefits from his endeavors."
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"Street and park trees provide tremendous benefits to cities."
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"The Bio-diversity Convention has not yielded any tangible benefits to the world's poor."
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"You can change friends but not neighbours."
Friendship

"The UN's unique legitimacy flows from a universal perception that it pursues a larger purpose than the interests of one country or a small group of countries."
Perception

"The reality is that international institutions like the UN can only be as effective as its members allow it to be."
Reality

"Global interdependence today means that economic disasters in developing countries could create a backlash on developed countries."
Nation

"We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest."
Hope

"There was an implicit conviction that the UN would be stronger than the sum of its constituent member-states."
Conviction

"In the euphoria after the Cold War, there was a misplaced notion that the UN could solve every problem anywhere."
War

"Poverty is multidimensional. It extends beyond money incomes to education, health care, political participation and advancement of one's own culture and social organisation."
Health

"Our nuclear weapons are meant purely as a deterrent against nuclear adventure by an adversary."
Adventure
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