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Quotes by Politician

"I believe firmly in reconciliation among Vietnamese to avoid unnecessary shedding of the blood of Vietnamese."

"Well, my constituents are happy that the Republican Party has finally gotten off its duff, seeing that we do control the House and the Senate and the presidency, and taken up the issue of illegal immigration."

"A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous."

"Socialism is a fraud, a comedy, a phantom, a blackmail."

"The president and Republicans in Congress have repeatedly promised to revisit Social Security privatization after November. But Americans have already said, loud and clear, that they don't want Social Security to be privatized or dismantled."

"I look at the Senior Al Gore that I had the chance to serve in the Senate with. A great human being. He went down to defeat to this right wing bunch back at the time."

"I support concrete and progressive immigration reform based on three primary criteria: family reunification, economic contributions, and humanitarian concerns."

"Besides, my usefulness here is destroyed because all of my friends think me a man of unsound mind."

"As for me, even though I have been accused of anti-Semitism countless times, no one has ever heard me make anti-Semitic statements or engage in anti-Semitic behavior."

"Most people die at 25 and aren't buried until they're 75."


"Sometimes, if you wear suits for too long, it changes your ideology."

"One of the most widespread myths about the deal is that the Administration is outsourcing the security of our ports to a company from the United Arab Emirates."

"I will work for energy policies that recognize oil won't last forever."

"The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there."

"Consular cards are easily obtained with no proof of true identity and are easily forged."

"Europe has united, China is growing speedily and Russia possesses immense power in terms of fuel resources. The US administration cannot do anything about it."

"Force is all-conquering but its victories are short-lived."

"The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy."

"We do not have a budget support. We are now fully independent in terms of requirements, but we still have a need for development assistance separate from the budget. So all the economic aid we receive is for development assistance."

"Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one."

"I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence."

"Senator Martinez is not driven by polls; he is driven by the needs of the state of Florida and its 17 million constituents."

"A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon you're talking about real money."

"Washington has been ignoring this issue for too long."

"It is always the village women who drive these things."

"Poverty is not inevitable. It is a human ill that we can fight if we decide to do so together."

"And then you might decide that the country can just spend maybe years or decades to regain that credit, or maybe give that county the support, the financial support that the market is not willing not do."

"All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy."


"Without the right tools, we can't police our markets from illegal trade."

"It is time that we provide clarity for our seniors, informing them of the services available that will lower the costs of their prescription drugs and strengthen the overall integrity of the Medicare entitlement."

"I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face."

"No poll can equal the day-to-day visits of the men and women of the Democratic Party."

"Where liberty is, there is my country."

"There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag."

"History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them."

"First law on holes - when you're in one, stop digging!"

"A leader is someone who helps improve the lives of other people or improve the system they live under."

"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other."

"If you like small government you need to work hard at having a strong national defense that is not so militant. Personal liberty is the purpose of government, to protect liberty - not to run your personal life, not to run the economy, and not to pretend that we can tell the world how they ought to live."

"The Peace Corps is guilty of enthusiasm and a crusading spirit. But we're not apologetic about it."

"You never let a serious crisis go to waste. And what I mean by that it's an opportunity to do things you think you could not do before."

"We are all members of a single humanity, inside our hearts we all speak the same language, we all love our children and our parents, we all live in the same world."


"How many millionaires do you know who have become wealthy by investing in savings accounts? I rest my case."
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