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Quotes by Politician
"In working class districts, you had several families living together in the one house, and it was very difficult to get a house, because the politicians who controlled housing were doing so in a very discriminatory fashion."
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"The first task in teaching is to bring to consciousness what the students already believe by virtue of their personal experiences about themselves and society."
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"It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children."
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"Today, we can tell people we have a testing process and facilities in place on a nationwide basis."
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"As a scientist, my attention became totally focused on global warming some 15 years ago by the elegant and powerful measurements of carbon dioxide trapped in ice cores taken as much as 2 miles deep from the great East Antarctica ice sheet."
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"So the tough questions that have been asked of Sarah Palin thus far just have been about the fact that she doesn't know anything and isn't ready to be vice president. That's fair game and it has nothing to do with her gender."
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"Agriculture was the first manufacturing industry in America and represents the best of all of us."
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"I think the industry finally gets it. They've lost the connection with the American public, and they've got to rebuild the trust with the American public."
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"Low-income taxpayers deserve the same rights as everyone else. It was wrong of the IRS to target low-income taxpayers, and I am please by the decision to correct this unfair practice."
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"You're going to be hearing a lot about one scrappy president."
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"I think Europe is going in the right direction and we shouldn't be set back."
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"At a family's most difficult time, I want to make sure at a minimum that they have the very basic of comforts: the ability to grieve their loss privately and the knowledge that their country is grateful for their loved one's sacrifice and service."
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"While there are many obstacles that deter students from going to college, finances by no means should be the deciding factor."
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"Isn't it a shame that some people's 'weaknesses' can be so strong."
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"I think transportation and corrections are not the first two areas that I would go looking for massive change."
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"Pope John Paul II brought hope to all corners of the world, to people of all faiths and backgrounds, with his powerful belief in the human spirit."
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"Opposing the free flow of goods or people is a bad idea."
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"If we make the tough decisions now, we will be one year ahead of 80 percent of the states in the race to economic growth. If we fail to act, we will fall even further behind... by going first, we can become first."
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"I don't think the only place to fight for freedom is in the halls of Congress."
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"By strengthening the economy, providing job opportunity and meeting the needs of working families, we can ensure the continued prosperity of our nation."
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"We wanted this war and now we've got it, and I'm not sure that we know what to do with it."
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"Are we interested in treating the symptoms of poverty and economic stagnation through income redistribution and class warfare, or do we want to go at the root causes of poverty and economic stagnation by promoting pro-growth policies that promote prosperity?"
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"Make my breast transparent as pure crystal, that the world, jealous of me, may see the foulest thought my heart does hold."
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"But Gulf War Syndrome is not one cause, not one illness. It is many causes, many illnesses."
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"The victory of the working people over the exploiters and slave holders is at the same time the victorious struggle for liberation by the German people."
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"The public is mad, frustrated, but what the public wants is progress."
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"I, for one, would think both about how far we have come as a country and how much further we need to go to erase racism and discrimination from our society."
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"Mr. Gonzales' failure to respond to questions legitimately posed to him by the Senate raises grave doubts in my mind as to his fitness to serve the people of the United States as their Attorney General."
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"We are thinking ahead to long-term care, aware that many folks don't plan ahead and won't be ready. We want to see to it that people will have choices."
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"I don't think there is one cause of Gulf War illness."
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"We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions."
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"I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of New Labour and I have worked closely with Tony Blair and the team for nearly 20 years."
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"If you are a gun manufacturer, the product you make is not subject to safety regulation by the Consumer Product Safety Commission. Toy guns are subject to safety regulation; water pistols are, but not real guns."
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"Government is never so noble as when it is addressing wrongs."
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"My reputation is too important to put it aside for purposes of some friendship. We have a job to do."
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"Ladies and gentlemen, on the occasion of my election I received many letters from people representing all segments of the population and all professions, especially from the younger generation, linking my inauguration with great - far too great - expectations."
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"I don't know who will lead us through the '90s, but they must be made to speak to this spiritual vacuum at the heart of American society, this tumor of the soul."
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"Pell grants are the foundation of Federal student aid. As someone who attended college with the help of Pell grants and as chairman of the Pell Grant Caucus, I know how important they are for our Nation's low-income students."
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"I think everyone holds back. I am always censoring myself and I'm sorry about it. But I always have to consider whether my remarks might cause someone pain."
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"We must remember that North Carolina is more than a collection of regions and people. We are one state, one people, one family, bound by a common concern for each other."
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"We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us."
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"It's our responsibility to pass on what we inherited, not to squander it, but to build on it."
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"Most people return small favors, acknowledge medium ones and repay greater ones - with ingratitude."
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"Arguments of convenience lack integrity and inevitably trip you up."
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