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Quotes by Politician
"It was once said that the moral test of government is how that government treats those who are in the dawn of life, the children; those who are in the twilight of life, the elderly; and those who are in the shadows of life, the sick, the needy and the handicapped."
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"You have to wait six months to purchase a fuel efficient automobile made from overseas."
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"National isolation breeds national neurosis."
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"I am in favor of stem-cell research. I am not in favor of creating new human embryos through cloning."
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"I have always been honest about my recollection of events."
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"I wrote a million words in the first year, and I could never have done that outside of prison."
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"The Europe we are in the process of building is the Europe of the 21st century; it's not the Europe of the 20th century."
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"A penny saved is not a penny earned if at the end of the day you still owe a quarter."
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"The true grandeur of humanity is in moral elevation, sustained, enlightened and decorated by the intellect of man."
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"Young people have been at the forefront of every great social movement in our country's history."
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"I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility."
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"Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty."
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"Conservatives believe in providing Constitutional rights to our citizens, not to enemy combatants like Khalid Sheikh Mohammed."
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"But in the long run we're not going to be able to keep out of state trash away from Pennsylvania."
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"In the last analysis sound judgment will prevail."
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"Everyone has said very supportive things coming out of D.C. today. We can't wait when the race has begun."
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"If the Constitution is worth anything, if the Declaration of Independence is worth anything, if the boys who died on the field of battle did not die in vain, fair employment practices are correct and necessary."
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"Being accused of enthusiasm is something I'll never live down."
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"I think we should worry about Social Security first and then tax cuts second."
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"Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism."
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"It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool."
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"In the general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will."
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"Just as characteristic, perhaps, is the intellectual interdependence created through the development of the modern media of communication: post, telegraph, telephone, and popular press."
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"When runaway inflation and bank failures struck in Germany in the 1920s, the middle class was destroyed, which led directly to the rise of the Nazis."
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"Education is a shared commitment between dedicated teachers, motivated students and enthusiastic parents with high expectations."
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"There is not an alternative to the US as the engine for growth."
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"In this generation, the issue pressing that question on our consciences is the issue of abortion."
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"The number of kids affected by obesity has tripled since 1980, and this can be traced in large part to lack of exercise and a healthy diet."
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"Train service is particularly vital for the students and employees of Southern Illinois University."
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"I have said consistently both in my papers and in my speeches - which you heard in the primary campaign - that I will continue to phase out the Capital Stock and Franchise tax."
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"I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will."
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"The bottom line to this is, there are few doctors who have any expertise in chemical exposure."
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"The abortion issue has intersected with my public life from the very beginning."
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"And it was at that point that I realized, in fact, our whole administration realized, that we could not rely on Metropolitan Edison for the kind of information we needed to make decisions."
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"This path that we are now starting will be long, and we must follow it to remind ourselves of the great principles that, in our understanding, should always inspire us."
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"Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other."
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"It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales."
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"The Constitution of the United States was made by white men, the citizens and representatives of twelve slaveholding and one non-slaveholding State; and it was made for white men."
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"We can close the gap and improve what happens in the classroom by using educational technology that is the same high quality everywhere."
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"Prostitution presents a moral, economic and social problem that cannot be resolved juridically."
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"It's hard for me to imagine that some people in the CIA who had firsthand knowledge would be unable to recognize that this would be helpful information for a soldier's death."
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"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."
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"I strongly support tax relief for the middle class."
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"For the past few years I have engaged in several inappropriate conversations conducted over Twitter, Facebook, e-mail and occasionally on the phone with women I have met online."
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"The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions."
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"Unless there is recognition that women are most vulnerable... and you do something about social and cultural equality for women, you're never going to defeat this pandemic."
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"Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough."
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