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Quotes by Politician
"Competition is such a virtue, and everybody's so busy competing, they have no time for compassion."
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"The conventional viewpoint says we need a jobs program and we need to cut welfare. Just the opposite! We need more welfare and fewer jobs."
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"The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are no training at all."
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"TSA serves as the operator, administrator and regulator for the nation's transportation security. But in fact, the TSA bureaucracy does all it can to thwart any conversion to a system with more private-sector operations and strong federal oversight and standards. This agency cannot, and should not, do it all."
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"While 45 of the 50 States have either a State constitutional amendment or a statute that preserves the current definition of marriage, left-wing activist judges and officials at the local levels have struck down State laws protecting marriage."
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"I went to the public schools myself. And they were great for me."
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"You say that your hope is in God, and he will, I am sure, stand by you. But you must not forget that you have been given worldly means to use and employ against human arrogance and wrong; it is necessary to see such things with a broad mind in order to oppose them."
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"She walks well, she looks good. Let's see how she kisses."
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"For reforms ameliorate the situation of the working class, they lighten the weight of the chains labour is burdened with by capitalism, but they are not sufficient to crush capitalism and to emancipate the workers from their tyranny."
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"Not since the Depression has the state been this dry, have our rivers been this low, our water table this low, and our reservoirs this low."
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"As American taxpayers know too well, the tax code is incredibly complex and compliance is all to expensive."
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"The Peace Corps would give thousands of young Americans a chance to see at first hand the conditions in remote areas of the world."
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"When no other schools in the Southeastern Conference or the former Southwestern Conference would award them athletic scholarships, African Americans had been recruited by and playing for Texas Western since the 1950s."
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"Every unskilled illegal immigrant who enters the United States for work drives up healthcare costs for every American. And, every illegal immigrant we turn a blind eye toward weakens the rule of law our country is founded on."
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"The number of kids affected by obesity has tripled since 1980, and this can be traced in large part to lack of exercise and a healthy diet."
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"There is not an issue that a woman cannot bring a perspective to."
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"Requiring military hospitals to perform elective abortions exposes the physicians, the nurses, the military personnel to move against their own personal convictions of life in many cases."
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"When thugs by nature meet thugs by political conviction, 5-0 is not surprising."
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"Honda opened its first assembly line in Lincoln in November 2001."
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"I think we have to be very careful when we toss around terms like 'cut health care costs.' We would do very well to expect a cut in the rate of increase."
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"It is virtually impossible to compete in today's global economy without a college degree."
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"What we have to do is reinvent the idea of Europe."
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"We'll limit in all ways the work of religious faiths which are foreign to us."
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"Nonetheless, the developing countries must be able to reap the benefits of international trade."
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"Today, we realize there are those actively seeking to harm us, to destroy our infrastructure and take lives."
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"The Constitution of the United States was made by white men, the citizens and representatives of twelve slaveholding and one non-slaveholding State; and it was made for white men."
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"There's a lot more to competence than a law degree and a modicum of courtroom skill."
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"To be fair, lying is part and parcel of public life. Every politician has lied about something because they are owned by the special interest groups that finance their elections."
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"Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub."
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"When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf of our ideals."
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"An important lever for sustained action in tackling poverty and reducing hunger is money."
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"Our country is the most generous, open, tolerant, and democratic in the world."
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"The Bush Administration and the Congress have to stop ignoring this crisis in international trade. The longer we ignore it, the more American jobs will move overseas. It's just that simple."
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"The heightened public clamor resulting from radio and television coverage will inevitably result in prejudice. Trial by television is, therefore, foreign to our system."
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"If a young person has any idealism at all, it's strongest about the time he finishes college."
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"I respect the state workers and I respect their unions, but we simply can't afford to pay benefits and pensions that are out of line with economic reality."
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"In rendering its decision in our case, the Supreme Court equated money with speech because these days it takes the first to make yourself heard."
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"Vice president - it has such a nice ring to it!"
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"Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal."
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"I am through with this body, and what becomes of it will make no difference with me in the future."
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"President Ford was a devoted, decent man of impeccable integrity who put service to his country before his own self interest. He helped heal our nation during a time of crisis, provided steady leadership and restored people's faith in the presidency and in government."
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"We must continue to pursue peace through diplomacy, but we must also not shrink from our responsibility through the option of strength. We must take advantage of internal resistance and change from within Iran to avert this path of mutual destruction."
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"For you are the makers of the flag and it is well that you glory in the making."
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"As a personal beneficiary of the service that Amtrak provides and as someone who represents a congressional district that counts on safe, reliable rail service, I am a strong supporter of providing this vital industry the funding necessary to continue operations."
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"Among the many important provisions in the energy bill are the creation of an estimated half million new jobs, increased oil production, blackout protection, controlling fertilizer costs by stabilizing natural gas prices and enacting new efficiency benchmarks."
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"When I see a slippery slope, my instinct is to build a terrace."
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"I voted for the Defense of Marriage Act but I do not believe we should institutionalize a form of discrimination against any minority by amending the Constitution."
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