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Quotes by Politician
"You don't have to be straight to be in the military; you just have to be able to shoot straight."
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"I believe public education is the new civil rights battle and I support charter schools."
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"Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge."
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"It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into."
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"I want our government to encourage and protect freedom as well as our traditions of faith and family."
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"To add to our misery and despair, a bloated aristocracy has sent to China - the greatest and oldest despotism in the world - for a cheap working slave."
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"Our democracy is not a product but a continual process. It is preserved not by monuments but deeds. Sometimes it needs refining; sometimes it needs amending; sometimes it needs defending. Always, it needs improving."
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"Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism."
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"Children are often the silent victims of drug abuse."
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"In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will."
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"Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of."
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"When the President makes something a priority, we see action."
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"All the ills of democracy can be cured by more democracy."
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"The situation in the region is flammable and may explode at any moment, because of the crucial events and because of the absence of justice in executing the international legitimacy resolutions, regarding the Israeli Arab cause and the oppression on Palestinians by Israelis."
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"There are not many males, black or white, who wish to get involved with a woman who's committed to her own development."
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"Our Constitution recognises no other power than that of persuasion, for enforcing religious observances."
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"I believe patriotism comes from the heart. Patriotism is voluntary. It is a feeling of loyalty and allegiance that is the result of knowledge and belief."
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"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."
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"I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy."
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"We must work to ensure that the Nevada Cancer Institute continues to receive the dollars necessary to make it a vibrant source of research and clinical assistance for cancer victims throughout the state of Nevada and the nation."
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"We can close the gap and improve what happens in the classroom by using educational technology that is the same high quality everywhere."
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"He that has done you a kindness will be more ready to do you another, than he whom you yourself have obliged."
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"Many legitimate forms of ownership, mainly cooperative and communal, had not been used to any effective extent mainly because of the imposition of Stalinist restrictions."
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"He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees."
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"For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making."
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"The art of creation is older than the art of killing."
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"Truth is the greatest of all national possessions. A state, a people, a system which suppresses the truth or fears to publish it, deserves to collapse."
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"If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture that you are a victim of it."
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"In choosing Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen for the future."
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"Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies."
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"I support stem cell research, including embryonic stem cell research."
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"There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag."
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"The mistake a lot of politicians make is in forgetting they've been appointed and thinking they've been anointed."
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"It is important to note that there are no age limitations on who can donate organs and tissue. Newborns as well as senior citizens have been organ donors."
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"Any fool can criticize, condemn and complain and most fools do."
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"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."
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"Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better."
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"We hope President Obama will now respect the will of the people, change course, and commit to making the changes they are demanding. To the extent he is willing to do this, we are ready to work with him."
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"In 1969, when I graduated from Harvard Law School, women and minorities made up a tiny fraction of the first year associates accepted by top law firms."
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"We have learned that peace and well-being are indivisible and that our peace and well-being cannot be purchased at the price of peace or the well-being of any other country."
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"What people want is a seamless Web experience."
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"There are no more liberals They've all been mugged."
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"Often dismissed or underestimated by political opponents, President Reagan had the most valuable weapon in the political arsenal: a bond with the people."
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"Stem cell research holds out the promise of finding cures and treatments for a wide range of diseases."
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"Eighty percent of our life is emotion, and only 20 percent is intellect. I am much more interested in how you feel than how you think. I can change how you think, but how you feel is something deeper and stronger, and it's something that's inside you."
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"Republicans are pushing legislation forward that will improve the effectiveness of and bring more accountability to U.S. foreign assistance around the world and bring democracy even further into the light."
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"I. cannot stoop to reply to the folly and the slander of every poor Tory partisan who assails me, and I should not have noticed you but for the fact that you are a member of the House of Commons."
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"Contrary to what most people think, there is a Rich Daley under Mayor Daley."
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