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Quotes by Politician
"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."
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"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."
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"You can get over a million dollars worth of life insurance in case you die, but only eight to ten bucks and hour to live."
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."
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"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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"Education makes children less dependent upon others and opens doors to better jobs and career possibilities."
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"Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely."
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"Bipartisanship is nice, but it cannot be a substitute for action, not having it cannot prevent us from going forward."
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"I've gone from being one of the youngest governors to now the longest consecutive serving governor in the country."
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"As the governor of this state, I obviously see the issue quite differently."
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"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."
8
"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
"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."
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"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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"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."
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"I'm finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I'm finding myself really angry over what's happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I'm angry about cap and trade. And I've been on record for a long time on the failed war on drugs."
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"Marriage is sacred and protected and has nothing to do with violating our civil rights."
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"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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"They're building a bridge over the Potomac for all the white liberals fleeing to Virginia."
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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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"There are no true friends in politics. We are all sharks circling, and waiting, for traces of blood to appear in the water."
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"Any idealist who tries to join the Peace Corps must realize he is not going to change the world overnight."
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"Our constituents paid into Social Security, and they want it paid back to them when they retire. Cutting Social Security benefits that Americans have earned should always be a last resort."
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"I was with some Vietnamese recently, and some of them were smoking two cigarettes at the same time. That's the kind of customers we need!"
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"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."
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"In this new century, our commitment to family and to faith, to community and opportunity, to freedom and to hope, will be the light that shines to lead us forward."
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"It's not an Israeli model, it's a TSA, screwed-up model. It should actually be the person who's looking at the ticket and talking to the individual. Instead, they've hired people to stand around and observe, which is a bastardization of what should be done."
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"The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason."
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"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."
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"If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles."
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