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Quotes by Politician
"Dr. King used Gandhi's commitment to non-violence and to passive resistance."
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"When I left prison, I had to figure out how to embrace my past."
32
"It is obvious that putting the Arab-Israeli dispute on a resolution track would be an important element of overcoming the confidence problem in the region."
32
"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."
32
"Congress should stop treating veterans like they're asking for a hand out when it comes to the benefits they were promised, and they should realize that, were it not for these veterans, there would be nothing to hand out."
32
"It is not true that we have only one life to live; if we can read, we can live as many more lives and as many kinds of lives as we wish."
Life,
32
"There are two powers in the world; one is the sword and the other is the pen. There is a great competition and rivalry between the two. There is a third power stronger than both, that of the women."
32
"I can remember when I was National Security Adviser, the intelligence community told us... they put out an intelligence report saying that Iran would never back off from attacks on shipping in the Gulf if we use force."
32
"No Georgian has the right to evade or neglect his duties and responsibilities."
32
"The vast possibilities of our great future will become realities only if we make ourselves responsible for that future."
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"I guess my natural inclination is to finish what I started. We have a Conservative government in Nova Scotia. What I want to see is a Conservative government in Ottawa."
32
"What kills a skunk is the publicity it gives itself."
32
"All the faith and good will in the world is wasted without direction."
32
"We have to get control of our borders. You can only do that if you make companies obey the law and not hire undocumented or illegals. They can only do that is if they have a Social Security Card that has biometrics so they know whether the person is legal or not."
32
"If any demonstrator ever lays down in front of my car, it'll be the last car he'll ever lay down in front of."
Car,
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"Distrust and caution are the parents of security."
32
"Thus we have at least a national song that unites all Germans, and is the symbol of our sixty-million nation."
32
"Mexico and the U.S. are bound not only because of the common border, but by a shared culture and history."
31
"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."
31
"Even as we ought to accept that each country would progress with a different method and speed toward that goal, the standard for the expected end-state should not be lowered."
31
"When she was in United States, we maintained contact, we talked to each other on the phone, almost every night. And there was one occasion I tried to fix this video conferencing but somehow it did not come out very well enough so better to talk on the phone."
31
"I assure you, it would be much more pleasant for me to be an ordinary voter in peaceful Chechnya than the president of a republic at war."
31
"That is a good question for you to ask, not a wise question for me to answer."
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"All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind."
31
"My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub."
31
"Algeria was therefore only the beginning of something that was in development: this is why I say that it's the global capitalist system that finally reacted against us."
31
"At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else."
31
"Without Liberty, Law loses its nature and its name, and becomes oppression. Without Law, Liberty also loses its nature and its name, and becomes licentiousness."
31
"Men even contract the dirty, filthy habit of chewing tobacco, and when the habit gets a good hold upon them they are never satisfied except when they have a wad of the stuff in their mouth. So with drinking. It is largely a habit."
31
"Slavery is founded in the selfishness of man's nature - opposition to it is his love of justice. These principles are an eternal antagonism; and when brought into collision so fiercely, as slavery extension brings them, shocks and throes and convulsions must ceaselessly follow."
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"We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this."
31
"If you're a governor of a big state, people sense your presence a little bit, even your fellow governors."
31
"A human being is so irreplaceable. So valuable and so unique."
30
"The sound is the key; audiences will accept visual discontinuity much more easily than they'll accept jumps in the sound. If the track makes sense, you can do almost anything visually."
30
"Therefore, the observation must be explicitly made: In the Middle East and in the Muslim world, suspicions linger concerning the objectives of the West and notably the US."
30
"The day of small nations has long passed away. The day of Empires has come."
30
"The price of being close to the President is delivering bad news. You fail him if you don't tell him the truth. Others won't do it."
30
"Freedom is hammered out on the anvil of discussion, dissent, and debate."
30
"I believe that when people have an occupation that allows them to provide for their families, the social dimension of human nature will emerge instinctively and lead people to help and organize others less privileged."
30
"A conservative is a liberal who got mugged the night before."
30
"I am not prejudiced against the Negro. When I was governor, I did more to help the Negroes in our State than any previous Governor, and I think you can find Negro leaders in the State who will attest to this fact."
30
"I suppose I've always carried what is regarded as a bit of unnecessary baggage in Britain. I've always carried the charge that I am an intellectual in politics."
30
"I am not responsible for the actions of Saakashvili and even for those of Gamsakhurdia."
30
"Because of my own experience with market fluctuation, I recognize the great risks one takes on investments. This converts the Social Security safety net into a risky proposition many cannot afford to take."
30
"I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed."
30
"You're thinking of Eurpoe as Germany and France. I don't. I think that's old Europe."
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"When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation."
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"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."
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