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Quotes by Politician
"Scissors, screwdrivers and the like pose an unacceptable risk to flight crews as well passengers."
Risk,
6
"I have always advocated for funding and programs that increase our productivity and competitiveness."
6
"What they fear, I think rightly, is that traditional Vietnamese society cannot survive the American economic and cultural impact."
6
"I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they should bring to the bench. It is not really passion, except in rare instances, that serves the bench well. It is, rather, an ability to understand the law and follow it."
6
"I'm disappointed that Senator DeWine once again chose to go along with his party leaders and their big corporate lobbyist supporters. Ohio deserves a Senator who will be more than a rubber stamp."
6
"The opposition may have the right to doubt every thing, but for myself, I call on opposition to practice its role within limits of objectively, responsibility and country interests."
6
"A compelling story, even if factually inaccurate, can be more emotionally compelling than a dry recitation of the truth."
6
"There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our foolish deeds haunt us, with or without repentance."
6
"Somehow, the greater the public opposition to the health care bill, the more determined they seem to force it on us anyway. Their attitude shows Washington at its very worst - the presumption that they know best, and they're going to get their way whether the American people like it or not."
6
"We didn't think taxes ought to go up. They ought to go down. We didn't think the census ought to be weakened."
6
"Being overweight and obesity are major risk factors for many chronic diseases for South Dakotans of all ages. When people are overweight or obese, they have more health problems and more serious health problems, in addition to higher health care costs."
6
"My public life is before you; and I know you will believe me when I say, that when I sit down in solitude to the labours of my profession, the only questions I ask myself are, What is right? What is just? What is for the public good?"
6
"We must become more energy independent. The development of ANWR will assist in this goal."
6
"In order for America to remain a global leader in innovation and opportunity, we must give our children a solid foundation in math and science."
6
"Immigration is not just compatible with but is a necessary component of economic growth."
6
"We are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And I've got to tell you, the American people are engaged. And if you think they want a government takeover of health care, I would respectfully submit you're not listening to them."
6
"The problem remains that the market is grossly distorted by Canadian unfair trade practices."
6
"The good news is that even minimal activity can significantly extend life."
6
"Education begins at home and I applaud the parents who recognize that they - not someone else - must take responsibility to assure that their children are well educated."
6
"As I have been saying for more than a year now, turning this vital mission over to the Iraqi people as soon as possible should remain a topic of debate for Congress while relying on our military commanders to set up the timetable."
6
"Electricity is derived from many non-renewable energy sources like oil, natural gas and coal."
6
"And then for the first time in history a Cook County state's attorney was reelected for a third time."
6
"We know well enough that if we repeal this law and give nothing for it, the people of this country will regard it as a total demonetization of silver, which it will be, so far as this Congress is concerned, without any question."
6
"My neighbor is now an 18-wheeler who comes by here 1,000 times a day."
6
"It may be that apartheid brings such stupendous economic advantages to countries that they would sooner have apartheid than permit its destruction."
6
"A good lesson in keeping your perspective is: Take your job seriously but don't take yourself seriously."
6
"We need to take steps to strengthen and mend Social Security so that its promise of a secure retirement is just as real for seniors in the future as it is today."
6
"I have observed private and proprietary colleges, like the University of Phoenix, and the market they serve. And I found it intriguing the way in which they are trying to deliver the product, with more accountability, for a price."
6
"Small businesses provide 75 percent of new U.S. jobs and are the backbone of our economy, and no outdated ban should be keeping small business owners from collecting the same interest their money could earn if it were held by an individual."
6
"We know no document is perfect, but when we amend the Constitution, it would be to expand rights, not to take away rights from decent, loyal Americans. This great Constitution of ours should never be used to make a group of Americans permanent second-class citizens."
6
"I use the term bar-room to represent every means for the sale and traffic in liquor, and I earnestly appeal to the people to put an end to the traffic, no matter under what name or guise it may be carried on."
6
"This administration is cutting the programs that our Nation and its citizens need most, while dissolving the safety nets created to protect the elderly and less fortunate in this wealthy Nation."
6
"Many who think they are workers in politics are really merely tools."
6
"Let me say at the outset that I do not reflexively oppose international trade."
6
"It has been demonstrated that no system, not even the most inhuman, can continue to exist without an ideology."
6
"With a foreign policy appropriately rooted in some sense of humanitarian decency, the Central African crisis will not be easily ignored by American policymakers. It screams for remedy."
6
"The river route is certainly preferable, as it affords good grazing and an abundance of water."
6
"There has not been a war in South America for fifty years, and I have every confidence that the countries of Central and South America are deeply in earnest in the maintenance of peace."
6
"I certainly believe that improving our intelligence is of important national interest."
6
"How horrible, fantastic, incredible, it is that we should be digging trenches and trying on gas-masks here because of a quarrel in a faraway country between people of whom we know nothing."
6
"The Election Assistance Commission represents a major, unprecedented commitment from the federal government to sustained freedom and vibrant democracy. I am humbled by the prospect of being one its charter members."
6
"I got called back into the Navy during the Korean War."
6
"I now have two kids of my own in college, so I know how important it is that we keep the dream alive for every family and I share the concern about rising tuition costs."
6
"A man is as old as his arteries and his interests. If he permits his economic, religious, or social arteries to harden, or loses interest in whatever concerns mankind... he will need only six feet of earth."
6
"Many an optimist has become rich by buying out a pessimist."
6
"You show people what you're willing to fight for when you fight your friends."
6
"What is needed is an all-out science project to get vehicles off of gasoline, rather than off of the earth."
6
"Parents don't need government to raise their kids. That's their job. But government can help them protect their children from influences they may not want their kids exposed to."
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