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Quotes by Politician
"Tonight was a great opportunity to take on the political status quo that has given us trillion dollar deficits and put millions out of work. Our objective was to inject some common sense into the conversation among Republicans at a time when business-as-usual simply won't work."
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"The system that had grown up in most states is that wealthy districts with an affluent population can afford to spend a lot more on their public school systems than the poorer districts."
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"Common sense solutions to lowering your gasoline bills can go far. Carpooling, taking fewer or shorter road trips, and ensuring that your tires are fully inflated can all help stop the pinch at the pump."
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"I recently reread an article of mine written in 1964, and I think it is still valid. There is not much difference. Many of the items on the agenda 37 years ago are still there."
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"Inaction may be the biggest form of action."
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"We are going to have to be there until we defeat this enemy."
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"The economy in the Valley will need to grow if students want to come back and work with their specialized degrees. We need to develop more to create more opportunities."
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"The moral equation strongly tells everyone who understands freedom, who understands morality, that Israel is engaging in a just war in defense of its people and its freedom."
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"It's easier to run for office than to run the office."
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"Of all things, guard against neglecting God in the secret place of prayer."
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"You do not export democracy through the Defense Department or the Defense Secretary. You do it through trade agreements, through the Department of Commerce and favorable agreements with our friends and neighbors across the globe."
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"We know we want to support our troops. We want to make sure that they have all the equipment they need."
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"While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago."
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"But I've been very clear in this campaign - I don't believe the party should have a position on abortion."
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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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"I wholeheartedly support umbilical stem cell research, but also support embryonic stem cell research."
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"For decades, the violence in the Middle East has claimed a multitude of innocent civilian victims: Men, women and children, Arab and Israeli."
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"Never separate the life you live from the words you speak."
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"When the farmer can sell directly to the consumer, it is a more active process. There's more contact. The consumer can know, who am I buying this from? What's their name? Do they have a face? Is the food they are selling coming out of Mexico with pesticides?"
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"Once it becomes impossible for members of Congress to make a career of legislative service, the temptation to bend a vote for whatever reason may yield to the better angels of their nature."
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"Up to 80 percent of the fish that we catch spend at least part of their lives in estuaries."
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"What they will try to do is get symbolic victories. Symbolism is important to them. They have little else. But they will strike, I believe, at centers of media, of financial, of American power, of American culture; and that is where we should place our bet."
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"History shows us that other highly developed forms of civilization have collapsed. Who knows whether the same fate does not await our own?"
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"This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle."
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"I will say we now, in the polling in Wisconsin, much different than many other races, the public didn't perceive that we were getting a fair shake from the media."
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"I do identify with St. Patrick, not just in name. He drove the snakes out of Ireland. I intend to drive the snakes out of the State House."
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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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"They want to derail peace because they want to plunge Northern Ireland back into armed conflict."
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"You know Sven? The man who takes care of the gym?' he asked. He waited till he got a nod from Nicholson. 'Well, if Sven dreamed tonight that his dog died, he'd have a very, very bad night's sleep, because he's very fond of that dog. But when he woke up in the morning, everything would be all right. He'd know it was only a dream.'Nicholson nodded. 'What's the point exactly?'The point is if his dog really died, it would be exactly the same thing. Only he wouldn't know it. I mean he wouldn't wake up till he died himself."
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"I'd love to live forever except the person that made this game board has a tendency to occasionally knock some pieces off."
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"In international or national crises, there are always questions of lack of confidence. You have to change the minds of the people in order to get results."
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"China has not lived up to any other trade agreements over the last decade... They don't have any compliance or enforcement."
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"The education cuts in the President's budget are both irresponsible and morally unjustifiable."
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"Privatizing Social Security will take dollars out of young folks' pockets."
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"If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination."
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"Ronald Reagan was a president of strength. His philosophy was a philosophy of strength - a strong military, a strong economy and strong families."
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"Is there any wonder why we are in such big trouble? Any question why the people don't trust their government anymore, and demand a change?"
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"A great deal has been said about my commitment not to raise taxes. It's a core value - it's common sense - it's important to keeping and growing jobs - and it's mainstream!"
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"God calls us to care for our fellow man, especially the neediest. I feel that call to lift up the less fortunate; the call to improve our communities and our state. It drives me to serve Louisiana as governor."
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"Judges need to restrict themselves to the proper resolution of the case before them. They need to avoid the temptation to set broad policy."
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"I represent a district covering Rockland, Westchester and Bronx counties, all of which are part of the 9 million people that this water is so important for."
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"The debt they ran up in the first year of the Obama administration is bigger than the last four years of the Bush combined."
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"Ideally the world would look like Davos, where there's more security than we can even see on the street."
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"A military coup needs a sacrifice and courage that you can't find in an army without morale."
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"Today we must make a pact with each other to end this reckless conduct with the people's government."
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"I believe it's time to put our best ideas on the table and work toward a bipartisan solution, with the single goal of leaving the Social Security system stronger than we found it."
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"I take the debate on the method of promoting democracy seriously."
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"So with the end of the Cold War, it became increasingly obvious that there was no basis upon which any decision was being made, not in the White House, and certainly because of that, not in the Congress."
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