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Quotes by Politician
"It is time this Congress listened to the American people and minimum-wage workers, and it is time that we act."
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"To conquer nature is, in effect, to remove all natural barriers and human norms and to substitute artificial, fabricated equivalents for natural processes."
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"Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed."
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"In the democracy of the dead all men at last are equal. There is neither rank nor station nor prerogative in the republic of the grave."
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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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"Our purpose is to be up here to resolve these issues. Our purpose is to be up here and represent the people."
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"Chapter 11 is an expensive process that does not accommodate the special needs of farmers."
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"I think I was first to do live performances on a modern electronic sound synthesizer."
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"Roosevelt was the one who had the vision to change our policy from isolationism to world leadership. That was a terrific revolution. Our country's never been the same since."
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"I am bitterly opposed to my country entering the war, but if, notwithstanding my opposition, we do enter it, all of my energy and all of my power will be behind our flag in carrying it on to victory."
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"Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking."
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"I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us."
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"I represent all the enlightened people in this country, and that's a fine thing to be able to do. It infuriates my opponents when I say this, but it is true."
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"TSA serves as the operator, administrator and regulator for the nation's transportation security. But in fact, the TSA bureaucracy does all it can to thwart any conversion to a system with more private-sector operations and strong federal oversight and standards. This agency cannot, and should not, do it all."
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"Our all-volunteer force continues to prove itself with a great level of professionalism, personal commitment and a technical competence that is quite remarkable."
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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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"Jobs for every American is doomed to failure because of modern automation and production. We ought to recognize it and create an income-maintenance system so every single American has the dignity and the wherewithal for shelter, basic food, and medical care. I'm talking about welfare for all. Without it, you're going to have warfare for all."
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"Second, the facility at Guantanamo Bay is necessary to national security."
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"No state is free from militarism, which is inherent in the very concept of the sovereign state. There are merely differences of degree in the militarism of states."
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"Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty."
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"Public sentiment is everything. With public sentiment, nothing can fail. Without it, nothing can succeed."
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"Humanity is not a church made of stone, in which vault after vault lies open."
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"I don't want to come to Washington to be just another vote. I want to lead on issues that are important."
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"I support non-discrimination for homosexuals, but I think, or at least I have the right to think - without saying whether I think it or not - I have the right to think, along with the catechism of the Catholic Church, that homosexuality is morally wrong."
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"When it comes to civilian deaths, violent hostilities play no favorites."
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"As hurricanes Katrina and Rita raged through the southeastern United States last summer, much of America's energy infrastructure based in the Gulf of Mexico was damaged or destroyed causing gas prices to soar."
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"Water, water, everywhere, Atlantic and Pacific. But New York City's got them beat, Our aqua is terrific!"
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"We've got fifty people at Gitmo that are too dangerous to be let go that will never go through a normal criminal trial. Let's create a new legal system, so they'll have their day in court."
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"We are hopeful about the opportunities ahead, and stand ready to join this President in an open and honest dialogue about improving the state of our union for all Americans not the select few."
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"Anytime you open your mouth there's going to be someone who's put off. I try to deal with that by keeping the topical portions of my show brief. I realize that some people wish my comments were briefer."
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"And this administration and this House leadership have said, quote-unquote, they will stop at nothing to pass this health care bill. And now they've gotten rid of me and it will pass. You connect the dots."
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"Honda opened its first assembly line in Lincoln in November 2001."
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"As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians."
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"We saw hundreds of programs to redevelop the central city, the neighborhoods, in the past."
Past,
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"Illinois has less than a 12 percent black population and I won with 55 percent of the vote."
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"I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their own self- interest. And everything they have done so far is in their self-interests, and that's it."
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"The government can access these funds but only following approval by the parliament to support our budget requirements and investments in infrastructure development, education, public health, and so on."
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"Joe Kennedy isn't in the habit of having incompetents around. I wouldn't have lasted three months if I didn't have some ability."
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"Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives."
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"Well, one thing that has happened is they have had a presidential election in Egypt which has represented progress. Now, we were not happy with everything that happened with the parliamentary elections, and it was not exactly a perfect presidential election in Egypt."
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"If the Administration does nothing, high gasoline prices will continue to increasingly burden our economy, taking millions of dollars out of the hands of families and putting it straight into the pockets of OPEC."
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"I'm not sure there are enough coaches in the system that can take young talent and consistently get them into the top five in the world."
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"If we continue to address the issue of the environment where we live as though we're the only species that lives here, we'll create a disaster for ourselves."
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"In fact, street gangs are the primary distributor of illegal drugs in the United States."
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"I didn't know then that I would never be able to leave the sounds and smells of these sights behind me, but I was fiercely conscious of one thing-my ambition."
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"In Uzbekistan, hundreds of protesters were recently killed under the corrupt regime of President Karimov in what human rights groups are calling a massacre."
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"Lincoln did more than any other man to put the stamp of righteousness, to put the stamp of compassion, on the name of America."
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"As far as income tax payments go, sources vary in their accounts, but a range of studies find that immigrants pay between $90 billion and $140 billion in Federal, State, and local taxes."
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"Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better."
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"America does not fight for land, glory or riches."
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