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Quotes by Politician
"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."
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"Small businesses provide 75 percent of new U.S. jobs and are the backbone of our economy, and no outdated ban should be keeping small business owners from collecting the same interest their money could earn if it were held by an individual."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
"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."
6
"We as Americans and as humans have very selective hearing and very selective memory. We only hear what we want to hear and disregard the rest."
6
"We can build new housing while preserving the quality and character of adjacent residential districts and ensuring infill development strengthens the surrounding neighborhood."
6
"Ensuring a bright future for all our children is the responsibility of the community, the schools, families and like it or not- politicians as well."
6
"During the last regular session and the most recent special session, measures that I see as little more than Band-Aids were applied to three health programs in the state."
6
"The right response to the non-problem of global warming is to have the courage to do nothing."
6
"As long as the sun rises over Ontario and sets over the Pacific, I will dedicate myself to bringing the people of Oregon what they want and need most - an era of hope, change, and economic renewal."
6
"Virginia is the absolute leader in homeland security and defense and information technology."
6
"Liberalism, above all, means emancipation - emancipation from one's fears, his inadequacies, from prejudice, from discrimination, from poverty."
6
"If we believe in our current penal process, then the penalties imposed by judges and juries should be the only sanctions for one's crime, not the invisible sanctions of the legislature."
6
"I was the Secretary of State of New Jersey in November 2000. I paid careful attention to the challenges that stemmed from inadequate voting systems in various places."
6
"For all my criticisms of the current system, it doesn't mean that I would like to return to the old one."
6
"True Americanism recognizes the enormous gravity of the social and labor problems which confront us."
6
"I think if we are actually going to accept our generation's responsibility, that's going to mean that we give our children no less retirement security than we inherited from our parents."
6
"Amending the U.S. Constitution, the document most sacred to those who love freedom and liberty, is a delicate endeavor and should be done only on the basis of the most clear and convincing evidence that a proposed amendment is necessary."
6
"I've had very good meetings with Unionist leaders, Democratic Unionist Party, Ian Paisley and his team."
6
"There is only one governor, and his name is Gray Davis."
6
"Recognition of belligerency as an expression of sympathy is all very well."
6
"I don't want to come to Washington to be just another vote. I want to lead on issues that are important."
6
"People in Nevada know me from the street to the ring to the Senate chambers. I've never had to prove my manhood to anyone."
6
"United States is a great Country and has its effective role on the international arena, so we have to boost our relations with it, in order to achieve peace and stability in our region and the world."
6
"Historically, San Franciscans have not valued street trees as much as other communities have."
6
"I challenge you to be dreamers; I challenge you to be doers and let us make the greatest place in the world even better."
6
"I think it's a lovely idea, but it will not pass the Congress. I live in a world of realities. The policy of our country is that we can drill our way to independence. I think that's a march to folly."
6
"It is imperative that we make consumers more aware of the long-term effects of their financial decisions, particularly in managing their credit card debt, so that they can avoid financial pitfalls that may lead to bankruptcy."
6
"Something new has happened: For the first time in German history our fatherland is guided by a plan that considers only the needs of the people, and aims at building prosperity and reconstructing of our fatherland."
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"Our destiny is greatness and we must return to its fulfillment."
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