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Quotes by Politician
"But in a larger sense we cannot dedicate we cannot consecrate we cannot hallow this ground. The brave men living and dead who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract."
63
"I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies."
63
"There can be no compromise with war; it cannot be reformed or controlled; cannot be disciplined into decency or codified into common sense."
63
"If you don't get spending under control, eventually you're going to have a big tax increase."
63
"The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to establishing democratic rule at universal standards. Obviously, this would be a formidable journey."
63
"Those have a short Lent who owe money to be paid at Easter."
63
"I'm not saying that the gas chambers didn't exist. I couldn't see them myself."
63
"A well adjusted person is one who makes the same mistake twice without getting nervous."
63
"We all know how powerful the web can be for raising political money. Well, if you're game, the Duke Cunningham Legal Defense Fund is apparently ready to accept your donation."
63
"Truly, the challenges we face are not Democratic challenges or Republican challenges. In fact, they are not political challenges at all; they are fiscal challenges, and educational challenges, and the challenges of figuring out how to take care of each other."
63
"If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors."
63
"For the year after I left government service, I worked as a consultant to the Republican National Committee because the lawyers advised that was the proper way for me to comply with ethics regulations and continue to advise the President."
63
"To err is human. To blame someone else is politics."
63
"You may see the emergence of a new political party from the body of the trade union movement which represents a very clear-cut socialist alternative policy and which gives expression to the views of the trade union movement in parliament."
63
"I did not do anything wrong as a governor, even if you accept the verdict as it is, it doesn't indicate that."
63
"Mrs. Parks' act of brave defiance rocked the foundation of American society and inspired generations of civil rights leaders and created a sense of hope for every American facing legal discrimination in this country."
63
"On the contrary. Internationalism also recognizes, by its very name, that nations do exist. It simply limits their scope more than one-sided nationalism does."
63
"Tony Blair will probably get thrown out by his party."
63
"He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines."
63
"Texas, to be respected must be polite. Santa Anna living, can be of incalculable benefit to Texas; Santa Anna dead, would just be another dead Mexican."
63
"The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building."
62
"No nation ought to keep a navy larger than is necessary to do police duty."
62
"Until fighting ends and there are conditions, which allow the free expression of will by the people, there can be no elections and elections are not held in these circumstances anywhere in the world."
62
"I mean, the world has already done a big, big effort to forget debt to countries heavily indebted and with low income. And that has given good chances to countries to get out of poverty."
62
"Every conceivable cruel method of blackmail was used against me to obtain by force and at all costs confessions and statements both about comrades who had been arrested, and about political activities."
62
"The pro-growth policies of Congress have helped created new jobs in the region and across the country."
62
"It sets its face rightfully against the doctrines of the Anarchist and the Communist, who seek to solve the social problems not by patient endeavor, but by brutal destruction."
62
"Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did."
62
"Therefore they should come to the table and reach an agreement that would protect their identity."
62
"He who refuses to do arithmetic is doomed to talk nonsense."
62
"The American taxpayer should not be treated more shabbily than debtors from other nations and we should be encouraging other nations to help rebuild Iraq's economy."
62
"We set the town on fire and burned down every house as a warning to other small towns along the river."
Fire,
62
"You may call me selfish if you will, conservative or reactionary, or use any other harsh adjective you see fit to apply, but an American I was born, an American I have remained all my life."
62
"Now we have a whole separate supplier of data for Able Danger who's verifying that same information."
62
"Last week in the Homeland Security Committee, Republicans were against port security; and today, one week after Democrats unveiled our Real Security Agenda, they're for it."
62
"Make it a crime to harm a fetus during another crime."
62
"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."
62
"I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise."
62
"Americans spend 3 billion hours per year filling out tax forms and keeping tax records."
62
"As Governor, I could think of only one way to unify our State that was made up of so many different climates, political beliefs and people, and that was our music."
62
"Many states rely on sales tax as their principle source of revenue and do not have a State income tax."
62
"George Bush was for me the most important ally on the road to German unity."
62
"And I argued with that intelligence estimate and I think it is a responsibility of policymakers to use their best judgment on the basis of the intelligence they've received."
62
"I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that."
62
"Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation."
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