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Quotes by Politician
"Too many people, because they were white and poor, black and rich, or just plain busy with something other than politics, have felt they had no voice in our government."
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"Poems seem to have a life of their own. They tell you when enough is enough."
7
"The white people of the South are the greatest minority in this nation. They deserve consideration and understanding instead of the persecution of twisted propaganda."
7
"When his nomination comes before the United States Senate, Timothy Batten can count on my strong support... He is the right person for the job."
7
"We have seen a strong increase in oil prices and up to this year we see that the world has been able to absorb that."
7
"Operation Northern Star with Canada has made significant progress in battling meth from the north, and we are engaged in numerous training opportunities in Mexico to help curb the problem from the south."
7
"Illegal immigration is a genuinely national issue, and resolving it requires a national commitment not just on health care but also border control, law enforcement and other resources."
7
"You can lead a bureaucrat to water, but you can't make him think."
7
"The whole idea of a nuclear system is to have a deterrent where we decide if we're going to use it."
7
"Nevada once again has shown double digit increases in tax revenue... Nevada continues to show economic stability with its desirable business climate and booming tourism sector."
7
"I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their own self- interest. And everything they have done so far is in their self-interests, and that's it."
7
"Meth is too easy to make, and unfortunately right now all the ingredients need to make this highly addictive drug are legal and readily available to those who want to cook it up and sell it to our children."
7
"The general public has long been divided into two parts those who think science can do anything, and those who are afraid it will."
7
"Our country is the most generous, open, tolerant, and democratic in the world."
7
"There is too much at stake for us to surrender to the politics of polarization."
7
"So our problem is not Labour, it is us, is making us attractive enough to gain disillusioned Labour support and to compete effectively with the Lib Dems for those loose votes."
7
"While I do commend the Administration on its commitment and focus on high school reform, I believe that we must focus on graduation as the key accountability measure."
7
"And before our current legislature adjourns, we intend to become the first state of full and true choice by saying to every low and middle-income Hoosier family, if you think a non-government school is the right one for your child, you're as entitled to that option as any wealthy family; here's a voucher, go sign up."
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"I don't want to get into the 'who's a hostage-taker' discussion here, but what is the estate tax? It's a double tax on death. Economists will tell you that it's really not a tax that soaks the rich, but it's a tax on capital that deprives business investment and therefore job creation."
7
"The heightened public clamor resulting from radio and television coverage will inevitably result in prejudice. Trial by television is, therefore, foreign to our system."
7
"The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God."
7
"If more people were actively engaged in advocating their positions I think we'd have a better society."
7
"A conservative is a liberal who got mugged the night before."
7
"I directed 24's pilot. I felt we should follow the characters around as if we were a documentary crew, using available light, hand-held cameras, split screens, sound that isn't always what it should be, to suit the reality of the premise."
7
"We have the greatest hospitals, doctors, and medical technology in the world - we need to make them accessible to every American."
7
"The visual information of art history is going to students seamlessly, without the enormous trouble those of us who are older had when we studied art history many years ago."
7
"The 1957 crisis in Little Rock, brought about by the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School, was a huge part of the march toward freedom and opportunity in America."
7
"I believe women still face a glass ceiling that must be shattered."
7
"If politicians continue to promote separatism in Australia, they should not continue to hold their seats in this parliament. They are not truly representing all Australians, and I call on the people to throw them out."
7
"I, in fact, have been involved in the construction of and the management of wastewater treatment plants."
7
"Education is not solely about earning a great living. It means living a great life."
7
"Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day."
7
"I prefer a man who will burn the flag and then wrap himself in the Constitution to a man who will burn the Constitution and then wrap himself in the flag."
7
"Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure."
7
"Spending on programs such as national defense and funding the operating budgets of all federal agencies represent only 39 percent of our yearly budget, an all-time low."
7
"We should be therefore supporting a larger Europe, and in so doing we should strive to expand the zone of peace and prosperity in the world which is the necessary foundation for a stable international system in which our leadership could be fruitfully exercised."
7
"You cannot carry on forever squeezing the productive bit of the economy in order to fund an unprecedented engorgement of the unproductive bit."
7
"We will not send troops. Germany is not committed to Iraq - we will not commit ourselves with troops."
7
"The current Michigan Constitution was written in 1961 and '62."
7
"I will continue my consistent record of voting for lower taxes, less spending and fewer regulations to make our government more effective and efficient while upholding our Constitution."
7
"Studies indicate that these children are more susceptible to advertising and even less likely to understand the purpose of this advertising."
7
"Sometimes I wonder whether Washington's liberal politicians truly understand the greatness that is America."
7
"In 2003, this House voted to kill a Democratic amendment to add $250 million for port security grants; then again, in 2005, against a Democratic proposal calling for an additional $400 million in funding for port security."
7
"Well tended garden is better than a neglected wood lot."
7
"Every single country that has an auto industry is stepping forward to help that auto industry. Why wouldn't we help this industry too, because it needs 3.5 million jobs."
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