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Arlen Specter

"If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong."

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"If you are going to have to play defense all the time, you cannot have the kind of ingenuity, assertiveness, independence, and intelligence which is what has made our country strong."

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Amber Hurdle

"Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs."

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"Could it be that all those reports coming from our own intelligence that Bush ignored was right all along? Could it be that the UN was right all along?"

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Amber Hurdle

"Dr. Rice's record on Iraq gives me great concern. In her public statements she clearly overstated and exaggerated the intelligence concerning Iraq before the war in order to support the President's decision to initiate military action against Iraq."

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Amber Hurdle

"It is easy to be intelligent, but it is very difficult to be wise because wisdom comes from experience."

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Amber Hurdle

"Just imagine, among 8.7 million species, only one has become smart enough to ponder over the meaning of life. This simple evolutionary fact itself implies the gravitas of human life."

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Amber Hurdle

"For a being more advanced than I am, he sure has a hard time answering a simple question."

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Amber Hurdle

"You have to be smart to get what you want."

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Amber Hurdle

"Our head is designed to broaden our capability of analyzing facts, events and draw the right conclusions."

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Amber Hurdle

"Three-quarters of the sicknesses of intelligent people come from their intelligence. They need at least a doctor who can understand this sickness."

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Amber Hurdle

"To have contrary [negative, wrong] intellect has become an odd rule in this current era, hasn't it? The one who proceeds with caution will win."

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"When the students are occupied, they're not juvenile delinquents. I believe that education is a capital investment."
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"The fundamental purpose of government is to protect its citizens."
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"As a matter of traditional and sound constitutional doctrine, an amendment to the Constitution should be the last resort when all other measures have proved inadequate."
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