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"There has never been any country at every moment so virtuous and so wise that it has not sometimes needed to be saved from itself."

"What this country needs is more unemployed politicians."

"The National Flood Insurance Program is a valuable tool in addressing the losses incurred throughout this country due to floods. It assures that businesses and families have access to affordable flood insurance that would not be available on the open market."

"You have to understand that once an indictment has been signed, all countries that are signature to the U.N. charter will hand a person straight over. You don't have to go through the normal extradition process."

"There is no country on earth with a stronger tradition of protecting the public's right to know."

"I realized that in those nine seasons I started out at about 225 pounds and I felt, you know, full figured fabulous woman but in those seasons I gained 75 pounds up to over 300 pounds all in front of the nation."

"You may keep Turkey on the map of Europe, you may call the country by the name of Turkey if you like, but do not think you can keep up the Mahommedan rule in the country."

"We're like a Third World country when it comes to some of our election practices."

"I am no party man in this matter in any degree; and if I have any objection to the motion it is this, that whereas it is a motion to inquire into the manufacturing distress of the country, it should have been a motion to inquire into manufacturing and agricultural distress."

"It is in times of great tragedy when the true spirit of our wonderful country unites as one."
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"One could look over the past century and ask oneself, has the increased longevity been good, bad or indifferent?"


"In the case of abortion, one pits the life of the fetus against the interests of the pregnant woman."


"Many people recognize that technology often comes with unintended and undesirable side effects."


"My job is to provide the president with the richest possible consideration, so that he knows what is at stake in whatever decision he makes."


"Cloning represents a very clear, powerful, and immediate example in which we are in danger of turning procreation into manufacture."


"Is it possible to covet a much longer life for one's self and be as devoted to the well-being of the next generation? It's a long argument."


"It seems to me that a kind of thinking which is not technocratic has an opportunity for a renaissance in this country."


"Many other countries have already banned human cloning, and there are efforts at the UN to make such a ban universal."


"Perhaps you could sympathize with those who seek to replace a dead child with a copy, or to copy a parent or a relative or even a celebrity."


"The abortion controversy is important for what it says about our stance toward procreation and children altogether."
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