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Quotes by Politician


"We will not rest until we see the suspects behind bars."

"You can bear your own faults and why not a fault in your wife?"

"In addition to the clean coal provisions, the energy conference agreement contains provisions instrumental in helping increase conservation and lowering consumption."

"I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day."

"The objects of the present life fill the human eye with a false magnification because of their immediacy."

"A transitional government is the beginning of a transfer of sovereignty. It's a question of Iraqi security and moving forward with the political process."

"Well, our economy is very strong and growing. We have created 5.4 million new jobs in the last 3 years. Our unemployment rate is better than the average unemployment rate of the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s."

"You can delegate authority, but you cannot delegate responsibility."

"Each environment has its own signature. Sound tells a story: You make choices about what you're hearing, where to look, how you want to feel about what's going on."


"In addition to serving overseas, the Peace Corps' Crisis Corps Volunteers have helped their fellow Americans."

"The transfer is a monumental occasion as the Iraqi people take control of their government and their future and forge ahead with creating a society governed by the tenets of life, liberty and freedom."

"When I'm out hustling up new industries, I can offer Louisiana's many selling points. We have unmatched natural resources, a unique culture and fantastic workers."

"It is said that man doesn't live by bread alone. Sometimes this is unfortunate, because people who cannot live by bread alone too often kill other people in consequence of the fights they get into."

"The more you know about a species, the more you understand about how better to help protect them."
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"With everything it has to offer, Las Vegas is an obvious destination for tourists, as proven by the over 40 million visitors the city welcomes per year."

"We can have tax cuts, but when we have tax cuts and do not have a surplus, the amount of the tax cut goes straight to the bottom line, adds to the deficit, and the deficit adds to the national debt, and sooner or later, the debt has to be paid."

"To add to our misery and despair, a bloated aristocracy has sent to China - the greatest and oldest despotism in the world - for a cheap working slave."

"One of the problems with even suggesting that purpose of a Federal law is for law enforcement officers to assist in protecting the public outside their jurisdictions is that it may give them encouragement or even a sense of obligation to do so."


"Iraq can emerge as a beacon of hope and democracy in the Middle East, and the world, with our help."

"Regardless of my legislation, spending has to be stopped."

"The river route is certainly preferable, as it affords good grazing and an abundance of water."

"Our employers today face numerous challenges and stiff competition from businesses all over the world."

"I think I will serve as secretary of state as my last public position."

"OFSTED has made large cuts in the paperwork which schools are asked to provide and further steps to reduce the bureaucratic burden will be introduced in September."

"Humanity is not a church made of stone, in which vault after vault lies open."

"Washington has been ignoring this issue for too long."

"Many of you are well enough off that the tax cuts may have helped you. We're saying that for America to get back on track, we're probably going to cut that short and not give it to you. We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good."

"The red directors were one of the main political forces. Another force was the former Soviet ministers who lost everything because of the transformation of the Soviet Union to Russia."


"I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals."

"They're the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and they will not do that. They will not pull the trigger."


"I'm duty-bound to follow the law and apply to the law to the facts as I find them."

"Let me be clear: I am not an advocate of censorship."

"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."

"I very rarely read any fiction. I love biographies; I read about all kinds of people. I love theology and some philosophy."

"Tonight, I concurred with President Bush when he stated that the decisions on future involvement of U.S. troops in Iraq should be left to the Pentagon and not politicians in Washington."

"There are going to be questions about what major oil companies are doing with all of the resources they're accumulating. They can't escape that."

"I had a birthday one night on a farm we were shooting on. I walked into the tent, and there were 150 people waiting for me, all wearing masks of my face."

"The basic policy of the British Government was that since the majority of people in Northern Ireland wished to remain in the United Kingdom, that was that. We asked what would happen if the majority wanted something else, if the majority wanted to see Irish unity."

"Where liberty is, there is my country."

"We reserve our deepest respect and admiration for those who volunteer for service and give their lives to help keep our nation secure."


"We know that in 2001 it was believed 78 stem cell lines existed. But now we know there are only 22 that are viable, and they have been contaminated with mouse stem cells."

"We have a law that allows us to establish charter schools here in this state. We ought to get going on it."

"Everybody knows they're on the Obama team: There isn't vice presidential vs. presidential division, there's not a generational pull. People have internalized that this is a real moment in history."


"We don't need to fundamentally transform America. We need to restore America."

"With respect to the environment in our state and our state's future - in addition to water which is very important here - I think it is crucial for him to make a sincere commitment to energy efficiency, fuel efficiency, by helping us to produce those cars of the future."

"I think the future also will not belong to those who are cynical or those who stand on the sidelines."

"One today is worth two tomorrows."
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