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Quotes by Politician
"Americans try to talk about positive family values, although the actual state of things is disastrous."
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"He seemed unaware of the messiness of the arrangement."
58
"Anyway, I'm sort of glad they've got the atomic bomb invented. If there's ever another war, I'm going to sit right the hell on top of it. I'll volunteer for it, I swear to God I will."
58
"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly."
58
"In the space of a decade, China and India have emerged as dramatic, dynamic competitors."
58
"The facts are the vice president's company that he was CEO of, that did business with sworn enemies of the United States, paid millions of dollars in fines for providing false financial information, it's under investigation for bribing foreign officials."
58
"If someone lives in New York, he's a New Yorker - they are entitled to the best medical system in the world."
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"Knowing that Gene and Morgan were playing those roles made it much easier to put the script together-we knew who we were writing it for. It took some mystery away."
58
"The sinner will not confess, nor will the priest receive his confession, if the veil of secrecy is removed."
58
"In my almost ten years in the House of Representatives, I have voted consistently to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in environmentally friendly ways."
58
"In other words, by finding the anomalous event, what you do is you get out ahead of activities."
58
"The keystone of the Fascist doctrine is its conception of the State, of its essence, its functions, and its aims. For Fascism the State is absolute, individuals and groups relative."
58
"I share the anger, but, ultimately, to govern this country, it takes more than anger. It takes experience. It takes positions that reflect the best values of the American people."
58
"The quality that defines us as Americans is the courage to respond to being hit. The courage to root out and destroy the killers. And, most importantly, the courage to hold on to our values and protect our hard-won freedoms while doing it."
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"We must not expect a full-scale peaceful revolution every time a Labour Government is elected."
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"We believe that we should come to an agreement with the Palestinians. But we need two to tango."
58
"Even if gas prices fall, consumers will continue to be gouged at the pump the only thing that we can be sure rises faster that the price of gasoline is the skyrocketing profits of oil companies."
58
"All these handsome guys are the same. When they're done combing their goddam hair, they beat it on you."
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"The Republicans are looking after the financial interests of the wealthiest individuals in this country."
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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."
58
"Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class."
58
"I would give relief from the first $10,000 of the payroll tax. I would allow small businesses to accelerate depreciation so they would have an incentive to buy now rather than defer. I would also give to the states $40 billion of relief."
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"There is no austerity equal to a balanced mind, and there is no happiness equal to contentment; there is no disease like covetousness, and no virtue like mercy."
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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."
58
"There is no disputing the fact that American consumers pay 30 to 300 percent more for the same prescription drugs as our counterparts in Canada, Europe, and the rest of the world."
58
"Internationalism, illustrated by the Bolshevik and by the men to whom all countries are alike provided they can make money out of them, is to me repulsive."
58
"Together, often by unanimous vote, the council has worked quickly to get positive results."
58
"It is characteristic that this should take place just when it is becoming more and more clear to all who think about the matter, that technically and economically we have left the territorial state behind us."
58
"If a man could have half of his wishes, he would double his troubles."
58
"I hate Republicans and everything they stand for."
58
"When public and private sectors combine intellectual and other resources, more can be achieved."
58
"We don't mind that we still have troops in Germany, or that we still have troops in Japan or Korea. But they are not in danger, and we know that they are in danger in Iraq."
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"Who is wise? He that learns from everyone. Who is powerful? He that governs his passions. Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody."
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"Such decisions will be far reaching and difficult. But you never lacked courage in the past. Your courage is now needed for the future."
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"Mr. Speaker, the fact of the matter is that the Ten Commandments are a historical document that contains moral, ethical, and legal truisms that any person of any religion or even an atheist can recognize and appreciate."
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"There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted."
58
"We had Taiwan, Egypt, Lebanon, and Oman open their markets to our beef, and we're excited about that."
58
"The problem is that agencies sometimes lose sight of common sense as they create regulations."
57
"The Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act would expand research on embryonic stem cells by increasing the number of lines stem cells that would be eligible for federally funded research."
57
"I am told that the clinical definition of insanity is the tenancy to do the same thing over and over again and expect different results."
57
"I appeal to all Britishers to answer this call to arms for the defence of all the principles that we Englishmen have been the first to proclaim in the world."
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"We can not wait until we have enough trained people willing to work at a teacher's salary and under conditions imposed upon teachers in order to improve what happens in the classroom."
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"You guys are both saying the same thing. The only reason you're arguing is because you're using different words."
57
"The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future."
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"For my constituents, owning a home is the culmination of many years of hard work and the realization of the American Dream. At no time should a local entity take those years of hard work solely to increase their tax revenue."
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"This republic represents the greatest basis for that universal socialist order, the creation of which is at the present time the historic task of the International Proletariat."
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"There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, "Truth is the daughter of Time.""
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"Accordingly, when the supply of gold runs short, the security behind the notes is diminished, the loaning of notes is restricted or suspended, and the panic follows."
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"Children are already accustomed to a world that moves faster and is more exciting than anything a teacher in front of a classroom can do."
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