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Quotes by Politician
"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
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"We must get the American public to look past the glitter, beyond the showmanship, to the reality, the hard substance of things. And we'll do it not so much with speeches that will bring people to their feet as with speeches that bring people to their senses."
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"Our founders got it right when they wrote in the Declaration of Independence that our rights come from nature and nature's God, not from government."
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"Useful as a war against France, undertaken by the Government against the will of the people would be for our revolutionary development, just so dangerous must be the effect upon our democratic development of a war supported by blind popular enthusiasm."
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"I don't consult polls to tell me what my principles are or what our policies should be."
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"So now is an opportunity for us to stand up and have a good, strong immigration policy to make sure that E- Verify becomes mandatory and we have got to train and properly equip our Border Patrol."
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"Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate."
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"I don't want anybody suspecting I am some sheep and part of the Washington D.C. establishment."
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"This path that we are now starting will be long, and we must follow it to remind ourselves of the great principles that, in our understanding, should always inspire us."
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"History is littered with wars which everybody knew would never happen."
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"There are only two sides to this question. Every man must be for the United States or against it. There can be no neutrals in this war; only patriots and traitors."
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"It's good to trust others but, not to do so is much better."
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"The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on."
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"For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do."
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"The most heroic word in all languages is revolution."
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"I thought I knew Texas pretty well, but I had no notion of its size until I campaigned it."
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"One today is worth two tomorrows."
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"If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters."
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"My chances of being PM are about as good as the chances of finding Elvis on Mars, or my being reincarnated as an olive."
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"It is a most disgraceful shame the way in which Irishmen are brought up. They are ashamed of their language, institutions, and of everything Irish."
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"My experience as a school nurse taught me that we need to make a concerted effort, all of us, to increase physical fitness activity among our children and to encourage all Americans to adopt a healthier diet that includes fruits and vegetables, but there is more."
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"If people use common sense and their own guiding moral compass, I think they'll generally stay out of trouble."
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"There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women."
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"If you talk to the Whites in Mississippi they will tell you, 'You can go to any school you want to; we don't see race.' Biggest lie ever told."
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"How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case."
Rest,
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"No amount of cajolery, and no attempts at ethical or social seduction, can eradicate from my heart a deep burning hatred for the Tory Party. So far as I am concerned they are lower than vermin."
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"But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion."
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"You were doing a sadistic little disservice to your country."
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"There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty."
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"Our country has had a hard time learning that lesson with energy."
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"Unless you have a sense of values that's shared by people and turns them loose to do certain things on their own within those sets of values, the organization, whether a nation or corporation or citizen group, just doesn't work very well."
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"In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age."
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"The deal we made was that if we would change our law to invite them to come to South Dakota - that's what they wanted, the invitation - if we would change our law to invite them to come to South Dakota, he would guarantee South Dakota 400 Citibank jobs."
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"The best proof of the high quality of American beef is the continued negative BSE findings supported by the highest surveillance possible. The administration should be working to increase our surveillance of BSE, not scaling it back."
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"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
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"We're helping those children who cannot help themselves and giving a push to those who can. We've done it by working together for a common purpose. I see no reason to stop now."
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"I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world."
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"A mother-in-law is better than a single and childless political persona, though."
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"The earth and its resources belong of right to its people."
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"Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life."
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"The East Timorese government does not believe that we should consider compensation for the victims because there are tens of thousands of people who were, in one way or another, affected by the violence either directly or indirectly."
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"A life of leisure and a life of laziness are two things. There will be sleeping enough in the grave."
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"I know some people say I can be funny. But there is always a deeper meaning to what I say. I am a socialist at heart and have the interests of the poor in mind. When people see how I manage to work my way out of tough situations, it gives them hope in their own life."
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"When I started out, I preferred to watch my films without music, as its presence tends to mask the underlying pace of the film. I felt I could feel the rhythm of the film better without music to influence me."
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"If two people were exactly alike, one of them would be unnecessary."
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"If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors."
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"If you look at Newcastle or Gateshead, even over twenty years, even with the previous administration, it has moved quite remarkably in transforming itself."
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