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Quotes by Politician
"It was a myth that's often perpetuated at commencement that holds that only hope and promise lie beyond the halls of academe. Don't worry, be happy. Everything is fine."
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"In the summer of 1776 our Founding Fathers sought to secure our independence and the liberties that remain the foundation of our nation today."
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"I have a high regard for Native languages and the pivotal role they have played in our nation's history."
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"We have to worry about protecting the Constitution."
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"Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars."
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"When all are wrong, everyone is right."
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"We awoke one morning in September, and the world lurched on its axis."
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"I'm so proud of Maryland's firefighters, risking their lives to protect others, but we need to protect our protectors with the best equipment training and resources."
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"Simply put, broadband voice is an interstate matter that must be dealt with through clear national standards."
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"I think we should worry about Social Security first and then tax cuts second."
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"Compassion is not weakness, and concern for the unfortunate is not socialism."
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"For my children, it makes sense to talk about modernizing Social Security, letting them create stronger personal accounts, letting them get a higher rate of return over the long run."
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"We need only look to our Navajo Code Talkers during World War II to see the value that Native languages bring not only to their culture, but to the security of all Americans."
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"I'm concerned about the cost, just like everybody else. There's no question that we have an obligation to help the people of Louisiana and Mississippi to rebuild."
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"At different times I taught humanities, social sciences and pre-vocational education."
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"We must win in Iraq. If we withdraw, there will be chaos; there will be genocide; and they will follow us home."
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"It matters not what your individual position is on either war we are currently prosecuting - in Iraq or Afghanistan - certainly we can all agree protesting at military funerals is a cruel and unnecessary hardship on our military families during their most difficult hour."
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"We promised new benefits to seniors like preventive screening and diabetes testing. We kept that promise."
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"If at first you don't succeed, try to hide your astonishment."
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"We don't need a nation that has national identity cards."
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"Although children are only 24 percent of the population, they're 100 percent of our future and we cannot afford to provide any child with a substandard education."
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"One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community."
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"Yes, it will go through the disciplines that all puppies go through including house training and puppy walking, then at twelve month old it the training becomes a lot more rigorous which has to be done carefully otherwise you are in danger of stressing the dog."
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"I think recent revelations about who's in what bed speak to the problems with what happened in the Gulf."
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"I also rise today in strong support of forward movement on the implementation of health information technology, which has the potential to save the United States billions of dollars in health care costs each year."
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"I don't know that we do. I had thought ours worked well, but I had never examined it too closely. A lot of media people will be looking for a case that might make Texas Governor George Bush think twice about what he's doing."
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"I am pleased to launch the Friends of Thailand Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives."
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"Along with you, I have witnessed the unfortunate rise in gasoline prices that has accompanied the summer driving season and the more recent spike in prices due to Hurricane Katrina."
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"I certainly believe that we gain through open trade and liberalisation."
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"By interviewing at least one veteran, you can preserve memories that otherwise might be lost. My uncle was a downed fighter pilot and P.O.W. in World War II, and I am looking forward to recording his story for inclusion in the project."
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"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."
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"Our brave soldiers and support personnel are engaged in a battle as important as any the United States has ever before waged, for the success of democracy in Iraq is a crucial test of the ideals this Nation was founded upon."
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"There have been a couple of instances prior to now where members of the House have filed resolutions calling for release of the sealed files which were developed during the course of our committee's investigation."
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"Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed be many as one of the great voices of contemporary literature, believes a struggle only makes a person stronger."
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"Usury once in control will wreck the nation."
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"The word nobody wants to use, but you see if you are here illegally, that's the punishment, deportation."
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"The President's call for more math and science students is not being heeded by his party's leaders in Congress. They are cutting over $10 billion from student aide while refusing to fully fund No Child Left Behind. Something doesn't add up."
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"You can bring down governments, you can do a lot of things that are in your own interests even though liberals will get very antsy when you start talking about it."
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"Democrats believe we must have comprehensive health care reform that includes giving the federal government authority to negotiate lower prices with drug companies."
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"Liberty is not the unique right of Americans or even Westerners, but is mankind's right."
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"There are no insuperable constitutional difficulties."
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"Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction."
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"What we're really trying to do is level out the health care system. It has gotten so one-sided as more and more people have been put into managed care; in fact, about 70 percent of the patients in the country."
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"It looks to me to be obvious that the whole world cannot eat an American diet."
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"If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women."
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"I'd like to ask you: what you would prefer us to do? I'd like to ask my colleagues, would any other country act differently? I think the answer is very clear. No one would act differently."
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"There is no Democratic or Republican way of cleaning the streets."
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