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Quotes by Politician

"We have new developing ties with Japan whom always supports our democratic process and economic development."

"Safety on our highways has improved significantly, with the help of the Legislature and the media."

"Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike."

"That's the strategy that myself and my party have pursued and are pursuing."

"The regulation of medicine has been a State function."

"Capitalism is war; socialism is peace."

"I started out mopping floors, waiting tables, and tending bar at my dad's tavern. I put myself through school working odd jobs and night shifts. I poured my heart and soul into a small business. And when I saw how out-of-touch Washington had become with the core values of this great nation, I put my name forward and ran for office."

"This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream, has been tested and has triumphed."

"Technology should be an important ingredient. It may be and should be a tool for social development."

"But no one has yet succeeded in reducing the size or scope of the federal government."


"I am also committed to providing city employees with housing assistance."

"Today, Web services is really about developing for the server. What it means to developers is any set of systems services that you make a Web service you to access by any kind of device with a highly interactive client, not just a browser."

"Politics is about the improvement of people's lives. It's about advancing the cause of peace and justice in our country and the world. Politics is about doing well for the people."

"I want to deploy the leadership to meet the challenges that face us and to restore America's greatness."

"Cancers of all types among women are increasing."

"What practical conclusions may we now draw for our propaganda work among women? The task of this Party Congress must not be to issue detailed practical suggestions, but to draw up general directions for the proletarian women's movement."

"Will he get a place for his oldest boy? He can not. His girl? Why, the Chinaman is in her place too!"
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"It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers."

"When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning."

"What my future will not be is active politics in the Liberal Democrat party."

"There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Saddam Hussein had and used significant weapons of mass destruction on his own people, both the Kurds and the Iranians."


"No one can compare us to the apartheid regime. It's not like in South Africa between the blacks and the whites who belong to the same nation, or in Berlin where you find parents living on the eastern side and their children in the western side."

"I want to be an advocate for the people who don't have time to read the newspaper... or the money to make a political contribution."

"Words can sometimes be used to confuse, but it's up to the practitioners of the study of language to apply them for good and not for evil. It is just like fire; fire can heat your house or burn it down."

"Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires."

"It's a very good idea that we have a third term Labour government led by Tony Blair for a full term."

"People in New Hampshire know that I'll talk thoughtfully, substantively about any issue."

"As Mayor, I will lead city government, businesses, and community groups to support innovative projects that will make San Francisco streets and public places vibrant and healthy."

"It does not make sense that we are allowing known potential weapons, not unlike those the 9-11 hijackers used to overcome the crews of four airplanes, to be taken aboard passenger aircraft."

"We are still waiting for the president to introduce a concrete plan. He has just hinted at what he is thinking about doing, but no one has seen a proposal."

"We are all different. Yet we are all God's children. We are all united behind this country and the common cause of freedom, justice, fairness, and equality. That is what unites us."

"It is vitally important that we implement immigration reform. We need a bill that strengthens our borders and protects this nation, but that also makes it simpler for good people to become Americans."

"A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society."


"I'm still at the end of my rope because I find myself not handling things well when I travel."

"Good policy makes good politics and what I've done has been good politics."

"It's been argued that of all the animals humans have domesticated, the horse is the most important to our history. For thousands of years, horses were our most reliable mode of transportation."

"Intervention for the prevention and control of osteoporosis should comprise a combination of legislative action, educational measures, health service activities, media coverage, and individual counselling to initiate changes in behaviour."


"As a result of the current universal benefit, the poverty rate for seniors in America is about 10%. Without the universal benefit, it would be over 50%."

"The U.S. Constitution is the basic framework for the greatest democracy on Earth. Some of my colleagues find it easy to amend it. I don't."

"Under the Obama administration, TSA has been operating without an administrator for a year and a half. After the president's first two choices failed to meet expectations, a new administrator, John Pistole, was finally approved on Friday. Unfortunately, it will be the fifth administrator in eight years."


"No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism."

"There are a lot of people who lie and get away with it, and that's just a fact."

"I became a Republican when a very wise young lady asked me how I could remain a Democrat when I didn't agree with what they stood for and did agree with what the Republicans supported."

"Throughout the history of our young nation, we have seen our military go bravely into battle, armed with courage and willing to make the ultimate sacrifice."

"I worry about 10, 15, 20, 25 years down the road. Where are we going to be in this age of nuclear weapons, where there is no margin for error?"

"The only country where you see any positive movement within domestic consumption is Brazil, where you really do have a variety of coffees to make blends with."

"Any Congressional agreement of an arbitrary time table to bring our troops home before we have accomplished our mission is unacceptable and could potentially increase the risk to our soldiers."

"Moreover, we are showing a dismaying tendency to recast God in Man's image."

"It is a very unusual sector and the one thing I would ask of them is to understand that for most of them one-third of their films are being financed by the taxpayer and that carries huge accountability and responsibility."
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