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Quotes by Politician
"I am aware of the thesis that the United States has long since invested exclusively in stability and this has obviated democratic transformation in the Middle East."
106
"It is an accepted commonplace in psychology that the spiritual level of people acting as a crowd is far lower than the mean of each individual's intelligence or morality."
106
"Hurricane Katrina, coupled with Hurricane Rita, which came promptly on Katrina's heels, claimed more than 1,200 American lives. Together, they caused more than $200 billion in damage."
105
"Instead of being taught independence, energy, and enterprise, our youth today is taught to look for security."
104
"The only thing that saves us from the bureaucracy is its inefficiency."
104
"But the thing we do know is whatever it costs to save and protect American lives in this conflict, we're going to spend."
102
"So my own suspicion is that the attorney has stopped this prosecution because part of her defence was to question legality and that would have brought his advice into the public domain again and there was something fishy about the way in which he said war was legal."
102
"Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is."
102
"Men are mortal. So are ideas. An idea needs propagation as much as a plant needs watering. Otherwise both will wither and die."
101
"For a lot of people, God lives in their Bibles and they open it when they feel He has something to say."
101
"The League is very well when sparrows shout, but no good at all when eagles fall out."
100
"The police are not here to create disorder, they're here to preserve disorder."
100
"The Women of the Storm made a big difference for me, because it really put some real-life faces with the situation, and not just politicians."
100
"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."
99
"Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one."
99
"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm."
98
"Foreign policy is really domestic policy with its hat on."
96
"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue."
96
"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."
96
"I am not responsible for the actions of Saakashvili and even for those of Gamsakhurdia."
96
"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."
94
"Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure."
93
"I'm a slow walker but I never walk back."
93
"I've got to that point in life when there's very few thrills and lots of pills seems we all end up this way. As we wait for our final day. But there's one thing about the pills I take. My manic episodes have taken a break."
93
"There is a wide range of opportunities for us and we see a main part of our strategy as being a company that supplies products across a range of different end applications and indeed we have quite a wide product portfolio which we enhance each year."
92
"A feel-good style can be a symptom of unawareness or lack of caring."
92
"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."
92
"How important has Phil Jackson been to the success of the Lakers? He's very important."
92
"I'm angry that the private sector, which is supposed to be in charge of running gasoline into the Valley, doesn't have its act together to deal with a critical situation, so now the public sector has to step in."
92
"I don't like it when it stings,' he said. 'Nobody does."
91
"If you come to a negotiation table saying you have the final truth, that you know nothing but the truth and that is final, you will get nothing."
91
"To believe in the things you can see and touch is no belief at all - but to believe in the unseen is a triumph and a blessing."
91
"It's not tyranny we desire; it's a just, limited, federal government."
90
"A desire to be in charge of our own lives, a need for control, is born in each of us. It is essential to our mental health, and our success, that we take control."
90
"You don't have to find out what someone's mechanical abilities are. All those factors are already a known commodity. I've seen teams win championships and have their entire team quit the next day because they weren't happy."
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89
"According to this view, democracy is a product of western culture, and it cannot be applied to the Middle East which has a different cultural, religious, sociological and historical background."
89
"I have sat at the sumptuous tables of power, but I have not run away with the silverware."
89
"The true reason of Ms. Rice's attack against Russia is very simple. Condoleezza Rice is a very cruel, offended woman who lacks men's attention."
89
"Pope John Paul II not only was a powerful spiritual leader for Catholics but also a world leader of extraordinary consequence during the last quarter-century."
88
"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."
88
"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."
88
"I think one of the greatest enemies in the use of technology, however, is the idea that if you use the technology you have to throw other things out of the window."
87
"In the United States today, we have more than our share of the nattering nabobs of negativism."
87
"A man wrapped up in himself makes a very small bundle."
87
"Distrust and caution are the parents of security."
87
"Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future."
87
"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."
86
"When Roosevelt came along, I approved of his program, generally. I figured an economic system should work for people, not vice versa."
86
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