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Quotes by Politician
"What the Democrats don't seem to understand is that higher taxes mean fewer American jobs and less American production."
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"An ancient dictum says that when Zeus wanted to destroy someone, he would first drive him mad."
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"I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska."
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"The International Brigades and the British volunteers were, numerically, only a small part of the Republican forces, but nearly all had accepted the need for organization and order in civilian life."
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"Never make friends with people who are above or below you in status. Such friendships will never give you any happiness."
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"All that I am or hope to be I owe to my angel mother."
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"Insofar as international law is observed, it provides us with stability and order and with a means of predicting the behavior of those with whom we have reciprocal legal obligations."
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"I believe we are in danger of being swamped by Asians."
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"We must force the government to stop the bird migration. We must shoot all birds, field all our men and troops... and force migratory birds to stay where they are."
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"Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it."
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"Ronnie Barker will forever be remembered as one of the great comic actors."
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"The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands."
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"In a way, the popularity of Corona came too fast for its own good, initially. We took a few steps back."
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"Unlike most major American cities, Honolulu is geographically insulated from the rest of the country. When disaster strikes we cannot call on neighboring states for assistance."
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"Marriage is one of the most sacred human institutions. I asked our Senators, as many South Dakotans have done, to protect marriage as a union between a man and a woman."
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"What I want the Congress of the United States to do, and frankly what I would like to see the President of the United States of America do, is speak a word of support to the people of Iran."
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"War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it."
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"I try hard to convince them it's important - but there's a history of discomfort with minorities voting in some parts of this country, so most especially the older people have to get accustomed to it."
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"If you get through the primary and you work very hard for three months and you're not successful, you go back to being normal. The only thing that changes your life forever is if you win."
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"This island is made mainly of coal and surrounded by fish. Only an organizing genius could produce a shortage of coal and fish at the same time."
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"When the Australian Government looked at how to meet the challenges, and the opportunities, presented by our ageing population, it saw that an all-encompassing approach was a prerequisite."
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"The kind of society which we still have is maybe, in some cases, getting worse. Competition is becoming a virtue. Intense competition drives people to go more and more into self-interest. Even to see other folks as competition."
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"Our lifestyle, our wildlife, our land and our water remain critical to our definition of Wyoming and to our economic future."
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"Force is all-conquering but its victories are short-lived."
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"There's another way we are getting behind business - by sorting out the banks. Taxpayers bailed you out. Now it's time for you to repay the favour and start lending to Britain's small businesses."
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"In my experience of these things, parties which shout about dirty tricks and the like tend to do so because they fear a direct hit in some vulnerable part of their political anatomy."
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"You need a very, exceptionally clear vision. And to me, a vision is something that you can say in one sentence. The fewer the words the better."
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"But in the end our government usually - not unfailingly - is responsive to the people; and usually - not always - will try to do what is right."
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"I appeal to all Britishers to answer this call to arms for the defence of all the principles that we Englishmen have been the first to proclaim in the world."
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"The only way the Internet will continue to remain the thriving medium it has become today is to keep it under the control of the United States."
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"A lot of the things that we've been able to do in the last several years were Democratic ideas, including the structure for this new director of national intelligence."
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"I said during the course of the campaign I didn't like it and I don't like the idea of having an opponent's picture on your ads and it would be nice to see candidates sign a pledge like that."
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"A man of strength and wisdom, John Paul became an inspiration to generations of both Catholics and non-Catholics throughout the world by encouraging freedom, promoting peace and respecting all faiths."
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"You cannot be a leader, and ask other people to follow you, unless you know how to follow, too."
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"I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting."
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"World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the two indispensable foundations of continuous plenty and of permanent peace."
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"We have traded a dictator for a chaos that has left America less secure."
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"I should like to be remembered as the man who raised a voice against... placing limitations on the freedom of the individual."
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"The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion."
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"China's idea of fair trade is government subsidies of its textile and apparel exports to the United States, currency manipulation, and forgiveness of loans by its government banks."
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"Fortunately, the Canadian people in all their habits, are essentially a temperate people."
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"For God's sake bring me a large Scotch. What a bloody awful country."
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"As a religion, bilingualism is the god that failed. It has led to no fairness, produced no unity, and cost Canadian taxpayers untold millions."
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"Our record number of teenagers must become our record number of high school and college graduates and our record number of teachers, scientists, doctors, lawyers, and skilled professionals."
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"It's vital that we help them get the right start, nurture their development and provide for their well-being."
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"It is day after day in this institution, borrow money, run up the debt, run up the deficits and then with a straight face say, we are going to repeal a tax that affects 1 percent of the American people, just 1 percent of the American people."
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