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Quotes by Politician
"I believe it is important for the university to always remember its roots."
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"Real lobbying reform must end the practice of corporate lobbyists writing our laws."
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"Just about every year, Congress passes another crime bill - spending billions of dollars to build more prisons, to place more band-aids on society's scars."
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"The alternative minimum tax was designed to prevent the very wealthiest Americans from overusing certain tax benefits to avoid most of their tax burden."
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"A campaign is about defining who you are - your vision and your opponent's vision."
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"The current administration has made the decision to cut dollars going for community development block grants, for various incentives to bring cities back."
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"Abortion on demand has, in my judgment, contributed significantly to an environment in our country in which life has become very cheap."
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"Don't try to talk anyone out of concentrating his hatred on Ayn Rand or any other dead person. It can't harm the dead. Diverted to a living person, it might actually do harm."
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"The Patriot Act addresses various subjects. Some sections are beneficial and enhance our national security."
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"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man."
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"We need to show that we know and understand and can reflect today's Britain. Today we don't."
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"I think everyone holds back. I am always censoring myself and I'm sorry about it. But I always have to consider whether my remarks might cause someone pain."
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"Today's message to Baghdad is very clear: the UN Security Council resolution expresses the unity and determination of the entire international community to assume its collective responsibility."
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"Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude."
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"I apologize for lying to you. I promise I won't deceive you except in matters of this sort."
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"Several unions have agreed to larger employee contributions for their members. Taxpayers are living with cuts and making sacrifices to deal with the reality of California's budget crisis, state workers are going to have to do the same."
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"But nevertheless, it's music ultimately that matters in opera, and opera is a piece of music reaching out as a vision in sound reaching out to the world."
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"I am hopeful about any future for whites in this country, but not entirely optimistic."
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"Democrats believe they can win at the ballot box by obstructing, and they would rather win the next election than move America forward."
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"I should like to repeat what I stated recently in the Jeddah Economic Forum in Saudi Arabia: It won't be the religion, but rather the world-view of some of its followers that shall be made current."
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"Organized religion is a sham and a crutch for weak-minded people who need strength in numbers. It tells people to go out and stick their noses in other people's business."
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"Penn State has also continued to be a leader in Pennsylvania's largest industry: Agriculture."
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"It's now clear that from the very moment President Bush took office, Iraq was his highest priority as unfinished business from the first Bush Administration. His agenda was clear: find a rationale to get rid of Saddam."
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"I think the internal combustion engine will disappear from the streets of our cities in the next thirty years because transportation will be mass transportation, or probably electrical power."
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"Will you, my countrymen, the descendants of these men, warmed by their blood, inheriting their language, and having the principles for which they struggled confided to your care, allow them to be violated in your hands?"
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"And the beautiful open spaces, the forests of Pennsylvania, the recreational uses that come from having these green open spaces and forests, they contribute dramatically to the level of our tourism, dramatically."
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"Within each such social group, a feeling of solidarity prevails, a compelling need to work together and a joy in doing so that represent a high moral value."
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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."
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"I believe that transatlantic relations are very important and that President Bush's visit to Brussels, in a few days, will have a major impact on that."
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"I'll admit it I'm on acid: uric acid! It makes my gout hurt like hell, but the foods I eat are so damn well."
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"It was determined, as shown in the report of the Commission, which I can read to you, but I know you are familiar with the report. It states there was disagreement on this issue, particularly as the subject was debated, that there were different opinions about it."
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"I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies."
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"The best proof of the high quality of American beef is the continued negative BSE findings supported by the highest surveillance possible. The administration should be working to increase our surveillance of BSE, not scaling it back."
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"The bottom line is, winter navigation on the Seaway is a bad idea."
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"For more than 20 years, on every one of the great issues of freedom and security, John Kerry has been more wrong, more weak and more wobbly than any other national figure."
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"Long gone are the days when hospital stays and surgeries made up the bulk of seniors' annual medical expenses."
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"Just like families must live within their budgets, the Federal Government must live within its means. We have passed appropriations bills that have been fiscally responsible while recognizing our national priorities."
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"I think it's unconscionable for a Senator from Massachusetts to come down here and tell the people of Florida what's right for them. It's arrogant and irresponsible."
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"I have no country to fight for; my country is the earth, and I am a citizen of the world."
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"The sooner we get started with alternative energy sources and recognize that fossil fuels makes us less secure as a nation, and more dangerous as a planet, the better off we'll be."
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"I've never signed any contract and never received a cent from Iraq."
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"We must invest in infrastructure development and rebuilding communities to create jobs."
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"I find it very offensive when the government tells me what I can and cannot watch. Censor yourself."
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"The purpose cannot be creating self-styled democracies, but rather encouraging steps that are conducive to establishing democratic rule at universal standards. Obviously, this would be a formidable journey."
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"I have an adult emotional life and an editing system inside me which prevents me from being preposterously stupid."
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"To succeed, jump as quickly at opportunities as you do at conclusions."
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"Great wealth took possession of the government. It was reflected in Mr. Harding's selection of a cabinet."
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"Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life."
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