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Quotes by Politician
"If you can't eat it, can't sleep under it, can't wear it or make something from it, it's not worth anything."
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"Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything."
67
"If they understand, which I believe they really are sensing, that the alternative the Republicans have been offering is to repeal what we've done, to go back to Bush policies - and if you asked the public what would you prefer, Bush economic policies or Obama economic policies, they take and prefer Obama economic policies."
67
"Without true medical liability reform, our doctors will continue to leave, and young doctors coming out of medical school $100,000 to $200,000 in debt will not be able to afford such onerous costs."
67
"The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare, the teaching of evolution in the schools, and working mothers who take birth control pills."
67
"At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else."
67
"I learned more about the economy from one South Dakota dust storm that I did in all my years of college."
67
"I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice."
67
"I have a great deal of respect and admiration for people who put themselves on the line."
67
"We have to get control of our borders. You can only do that if you make companies obey the law and not hire undocumented or illegals. They can only do that is if they have a Social Security Card that has biometrics so they know whether the person is legal or not."
67
"Foreign trade clearly holds down the cost of products we buy."
67
"Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure."
67
"They say the brain never ages it's a shame it can't teach the body that trick."
67
"This country is armed to the teeth, and none of these African states could begin to attack South Africa."
67
"The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Don't store unnecessary data, keep an eye on what's happening, and don't take unnecessary risks."
67
"We have lost that which has made us great over the generations, and that is the sense of individual and personal responsibility that we can come up, we can pursue our dreams and our aspirations and we won't be blocked by government regulation, by the inability to get a loan as a small business to make our dreams come true."
67
"We are proud to have with us the poet lariat of Chicago."
66
"Pension reform can be hard to talk about. In the long run, reform now means fewer demands for layoffs and less draconian measures in the future. It's in the best interest of all Californians to fix this system now."
66
"The world is richer than ever, and the gaps between rich and poor are wider."
66
"Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate."
66
"We have seen a strong increase in oil prices and up to this year we see that the world has been able to absorb that."
66
"He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged."
66
"I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous Governor, and I think you can find Negro leaders in the State who will attest to this fact."
66
"From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers have courageously answered when called, gone where ordered, and defended our nation with honor."
66
"The only way I can lose is if I'm caught in bed with either a dead girl or a live boy."
66
"In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling a massacre."
66
"This isn't just about today, this about generations to come. And you've got a chance to be the greatest conservation President since Theodore Roosevelt, and I think he's done it."
66
"When Paris sneezes, Europe catches cold."
66
"I support development and deployment of a limited national missile defense. Few if any of our duties surpass our obligation to provide for the common defense of our nation."
66
"I think the composer and production staff of an opera have a real responsibility to use visual elements of all kinds to make clear to the American audience, at any rate, exactly what is going on."
66
"The ruling classes today nourish the conviction that national hatreds and rivalries are inevitable."
66
"The fate of nations is intimately bound up with their powers of reproduction. All nations and all empires first felt decadence gnawing at them when their birth rate fell off."
66
"They're calling their Washington sources at the NRC or in Congress and they're not hesitating to give their opinion, but their opinion, frankly, in those early days was not very well informed."
66
"I haven't inherited the earth from my parents, I am borrowing it from my children."
66
"I suggested that we had experience in helping other countries build their military forces, and we would be willing and happy to do the same for Afghanistan, together with the United States."
66
"We know that, when it comes to technology and the economy, if you're not constantly moving forward, then - without a doubt - you're moving backwards."
66
"London is the clearing-house of the world."
66
"I've just simply used what I've used because of the great, great expressive potential of it."
66
"We've got very large freshman class, it's historic in its size, so there's people that are extremely diverse in their backgrounds and their viewpoints. I think that we're going to see a conservative group of people coming together, focused on some real ideals that are going to be extremely important."
66
"We have known for many years that Saddam Hussein is seeking and developing weapons of mass destruction."
66
"Chaos in the world brings uneasiness, but it also allows the opportunity for creativity and growth."
66
"I don't see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That leaves fuel economy standards as the only effective tool we have as a nation to make a dent in our dangerous and ever growing consumption of oil."
66
"Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."
66
"Both politicians and journalists face situations which strain their honesty and humanity. My opinion is that politicians on the average stand up somewhat better than journalists."
66
"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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