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Quotes by Politician
"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle."
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"A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy."
56
"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm."
56
"Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it."
55
"Whatever insults my State insults me."
55
"True, other countries are helping us. Germany is determined to provide substantial help. So are the Netherlands and other states. But a day will come when we have to count on our own resources."
55
"The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased."
55
"Crime is an overhead you have to pay if you want to live in the city."
55
"You're thinking of Eurpoe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe."
55
"Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves."
55
"Education is the foundation upon which we build our future."
55
"Perform without fail what you resolve."
55
"Great work is done by people who are not afraid to be great."
54
"In this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes."
54
"Every man over forty is responsible for his face."
54
"One of the things Mr. Kennedy taught me was that in laying out a new project, you shouldn't try to cope with every little problem."
54
"He has a right to criticize, who has a heart to help."
54
"Look at our Lords disciples. One denied Him; one doubted Him; one betrayed Him. If our Lord couldn't have perfection, how are you going to have it in city government?"
54
"Thus we have at least a national song that unites all Germans, and is the symbol of our sixty-million nation."
54
"Such a structure would also raise a number of problems: first of all, which Timorese to pay compensation to? It would open a can of worms in terms of who was really a victim and who was not."
53
"I do not feel remorse. Everybody makes mistakes in war."
53
"You're trying too hard to find a correlation here. You don't know these people, you don't know what they intended. You try to compile statistics and correlate them to a result that amounts to nothing more than speculation."
53
"What's very important is that we build a space that matters in the world, one that operates according to democratic rules, and that small and large countries enjoy a good relationship."
53
"We have in the last two years, we have passed 350 legislation in the parliament, most of which deal with democratization, human rights, and of course, economy."
53
"It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government."
53
"The Commission has five commissioners from each side, plus three alternates, so all together sixteen members, people who are independent from the two governments, who have a lot of integrity, professional competence, and who have credibility in their respective countries."
53
"The price of crude oil accounts for 55 percent of the price of a gallon of gasoline, driven by global supply and demand. The United States depends on foreign sources of oil for 62 percent of our nation's supply. By 2010, this is projected to jump to 75 percent."
53
"The launch of the report coincides with the initiation by WHO of the global strategy for the prevention and control of osteoporosis, and I think a good partnership could be established in our common efforts to prevent osteoporosis."
52
"In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism."
52
"But I also think that it does create a lot of revenue, but to me it's a temporary revenue stream because it's an industry that, if suddenly gambling started in Massachusetts, then a lot of our patrons who would gamble in New Hampshire if we had it, would disappear."
52
"From their point of view, I had gone too far. I had to disappear. That is to say, if the Algerian army had not overthrown me, others would have done so."
Army,
52
"Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered."
52
"Energy and persistence conquer all things."
52
"It makes no difference if I burn my bridges behind me - I never retreat."
52
"Before you start some work, always ask yourself three questions - Why am I doing it, What the results might be and Will I be successful. Only when you think deeply and find satisfactory answers to these questions, go ahead."
51
"But very often in politics we have the experience called up from my father when someone was trying to help him in the campaign: I can take care of my enemies, may the Good Lord save me from my friends."
51
"Make no mistake about it. These are not 'kookie' birds. Right now the greatest player, the big tent on the political scene in America, is called the Tea Party movement."
51
"In this time of budget cuts, we cannot forget that basic science is a building block for scientific innovation and economic growth in the information age."
51
"We're helping those children who cannot help themselves and giving a push to those who can. We've done it by working together for a common purpose. I see no reason to stop now."
51
"I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in."
51
"As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty " to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy."
51
"If we don't act now to safeguard our privacy, we could all become victims of identity theft."
51
"There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?"
51
"But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business."
50
"Regardless of what one's attitude towards prohibition may be, temperance is something against which, at a time of war, no reasonable protest can be made."
50
"Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect."
50
"I never blamed Pinochet, or my torturers, or external circumstances."
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"I am not opposed to the limited use of polygraphs in a case where a person is suspected of wrongdoing. But widespread use of the polygraph as a screening tool goes far beyond what is acceptable."
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