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Quotes by Politician

"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."

"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."

"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."

"In fact, street gangs are the primary distributor of illegal drugs in the United States."

"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."

"Lincoln did more than any other man to put the stamp of righteousness, to put the stamp of compassion, on the name of America."

"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."

"Leadership is unlocking people's potential to become better."

"America does not fight for land, glory or riches."

"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."

"Stem cells have the potential to be used to treat and better understand some of the world's most deadly and disabling diseases."

"I have no problems with private schools. I graduated from one and so did my mother. Private schools are useful and we often use public funds to pay for their infrastructures and other common needs."

"I think a lot of composers get into trouble just making up a plot and expecting an audience to follow that."

"We must send the message that if you use illegal drugs, you will pay the ultimate price by not playing an entire season. And if you get caught again, you will be banished for life."


"I remember those great days when we were at $176 million before the Reagan Revolution came to town."

"There is no good reason for our cattle producers to have such limited market access. Our beef is the best in the world, and we need to be allowed to reach global markets."

"We can't just throw a switch and say Indian Point is going to be safe, we have to look long-term because it will ultimately be decommissioned and we have to work aggressively now to bring in new sources of power."

"Although awareness of cancer's prevalence in the United States improves and medical advances in the field abound, pancreatic cancer has largely been absent from the list of major success stories."

"For the state by its nature claims sovereignty, the right to an unlimited development of power, determined only by self-interest. It is by nature anarchistic."

"All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged."

"But the thing I felt most strongly about, and put at the end of one of the prison diaries, was education."

"And one of the frustrating parts, but it's an inherent part of our democracy, is we have separation of powers."

"The life expectancy is much longer today than it was when Social Security was created."

"Slogans rarely convince the unconvinced. However, they do rally the troops already on your side."

"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."

"Beginning in June, Alabama seniors previously without prescription drug coverage should begin to see savings of between 10 and 25 percent on their medications."

"That's part of American greatness, is discrimination. Yes, sir. Inequality, I think, breeds freedom and gives a man opportunity."

"Arizona faces unique healthcare challenges including uncompensated care for illegal immigrants, and the large number of Native Americans who live in remote and isolated areas of the state."

"On the eve of World War I, an estimated two million Armenians lived in the Ottoman Empire. Well over a million were deported and hundreds of thousands were simply killed."

"In this most powerful nation in the world, lack of access to health care should not force local and state governments, companies and workers into bankruptcy, while causing unnecessary illness and hospitalization."

"While not widely reported, our victories in Iraq are plentiful. National elections, a democratic parliament and the drafting of a constitution are just some of the victories throughout this embattled country."

"Americans try to talk about positive family values, although the actual state of things is disastrous."

"Inaction may be the biggest form of action."

"If we were to wake up some morning and find that everyone was the same race, creed and color, we would find some other causes for prejudice by noon."

"Everybody is talking today about the economy."

"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."

"You need the House, you need the Senate and you need the administration. And absent one of them, you're not going to get a heck of a lot done."

"Bill Clinton strikes me as the kind of guy who goes wherever the polls lead him, rather than leading the polls."

"Following the devastation of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, $3 per gallon gasoline became common and our nation has come under considerable strain."

"I wholeheartedly support umbilical stem cell research, but also support embryonic stem cell research."

"I'm used to people not paying me a whole lot of attention and underestimating me and, frankly, for me a big challenge is to have people believe that I can be the president of the United States."

"I represent more Native Americans than anyone else in Congress."

"Currently, most States do not recognize within their borders concealed carry permits issued in other States."

"In recent years, the choice of drugs on these reservations and throughout my district has been methamphetamines. It has destroyed the rule of law among the reservation people. It is killing our tribal youth in this country."

"For capitalism, war and peace are business and nothing but business."
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