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Quotes by Politician
"The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain."
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"The goal of this Nation, I so strongly believe, is to be a preeminent world power. We have to understand what comes with that: The responsibility to be strong."
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"It is my sincere hope that hospitals across Indiana, and America, continue to strive for excellence when it comes to providing medical care. This proposed rule will be harmful to communities who wish to upgrade their medical facilities."
8
"I am 1,000 percent for Tom Eagleton and I have no intention of dropping him from the ticket."
8
"Frankly, I don't mind not being President. I just mind that someone else is."
8
"I have lived through many major hurricanes during my lifetime: Camille, Frederic, and Ivan, to name just a very few. However, never have I seen destruction, panic, and fear on this massive scale."
8
"Right after the tragedy, President Bush asked Americans to get on with their lives and we did."
8
"I represent a district covering Rockland, Westchester and Bronx counties, all of which are part of the 9 million people that this water is so important for."
8
"President Bush has had an outstanding Secretary of State in Colin Powell and there are not many people who could replace him, making Condoleezza Rice an excellent choice."
8
"Look, I am not worried about Washington cutting too much spending too fast. I mean, the kinds of spending cuts we're talking about just right now are $100 billion out of a $3.7 trillion budget."
8
"My values, our values, aren't about pointing fingers. They are about offering a helping hand."
8
"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
8
"If we can produce more ethanol and bio-diesel to help fuel our vehicles, we will create jobs, boost local economies and produce cleaner burning fuels. This will keep dollars here at home where they can have a positive impact on our economy."
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"Every one says: 'Listen, I'd love to reinvest. I'd love to hire people. But I have no idea what this healthcare bill is going to do to my bottom line. I have no idea what this financial reform bill is going to do... I'm not going to step out a limb and do any of those until I know what this government is going to do to me.'"
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"The policeman isn't there to create disorder; the policeman is there to preserve disorder."
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"We Hoosiers hold to some quaint notions. Some might say we 'cling' to them, though not out of fear or ignorance. We believe in paying our bills. We have kept our state in the black throughout the recent unpleasantness, while cutting rather than raising taxes, by practicing an old tribal ritual - we spend less money than we take in."
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"I have a great book. It's called Stantasyland. Except I don't have the money to buy a million copies to put it on the bestsellers list."
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"In this life and death case, I felt Mrs. Schiavo should receive the fullest due process from our legal system."
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"We have to get control of our borders. You can only do that if you make companies obey the law and not hire undocumented or illegals. They can only do that is if they have a Social Security Card that has biometrics so they know whether the person is legal or not."
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"Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward."
8
"I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country."
8
"As the governor of this state, I obviously see the issue quite differently."
8
"We're trying to get to the bottom of where the picture came from, and we're trying to get to the bottom of what it's of and who it's of."
8
"Notice the difference between what happens when a man says to himself, I have failed three times, and what happens when he says, I am a failure."
8
"In a post-9/11 world, diversity has become even more important."
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"You'll never get mixed up if you simply tell the truth. Then you don't have to remember what you have said, and you never forget what you have said."
8
"During the days of segregation, there was not a place of higher learning for African Americans. They were simply not welcome in many of the traditional schools. And from this backward policy grew the network of historical black colleges and universities."
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"You think that a wall as solid as the earth separates civilization from barbarism. I tell you the division is a thread, a sheet of glass. A touch here, a push there, and you bring back the reign of Saturn."
8
"Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything."
8
"While there is a lower class, I am in it, while there is a criminal element, I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free."
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"Our growing, robust economy is able to provide the average American citizen access to the best social program there is - a steady job."
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"Most of all, we should remember all of us are capable of individually helping advance the spirit of equality for all."
8
"I couldn't do that as attorney general. Why? Because they are my clients. You can't say they're not doing what they ought to be doing when you are the attorney general."
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"I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down."
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"And if you remember the other part of the context is we were then all deceived about the French position and told the French had said they'd veto any second resolution - which wasn't true, we now know."
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"Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow."
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"Our seniors have worked long and hard to better the economy, raise families and serve their communities. They deserve to live independent and active lives in their golden years."
8
"Anyone who thinks you can pay $3,100 to the federal government and thinks you can get that money back completely in services - like I said - he may go to M-I-T but he is an N-U-T."
8
"Do we want in this nation to lose the backbone of manufacturing in this country? Do we want to be a nation that doesn't want to manufacture anything?"
8
"Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights."
8
"Arizona's forest fires are not waiting for April, and neither will we. That is why I am pushing for stepped up deployment for Hot Shot wildfire crews in March rather than April, in order to better prepare for the expected fires in northern Arizona."
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"I don't want the federal government to rush in and bail the out right away."
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"Their families helped them realize that there was more out there for them. These students came to Delaware State because of its inexpensive tuition, closeness to home, and solid reputation."
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"It is by such means as the prize offered by your Committee that the attention of the world will be focused and that men and women will be inspired to greater efforts in the interest of peace."
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"The strongest are those who renounce their own times and become a living part of those yet to come. The strongest and the rarest."
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"Protecting the institution of marriage safeguards, I believe, the American family."
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"Elections are about choosing sides, but inaugurations are about closing ranks."
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