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Quotes by Politician
"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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"In subsequent years the groups you named had important roles in educating people about the real issues in Washington and Raleigh, and within the Democratic Party."
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"Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means."
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"The Vichy government was under occupation and carried out the orders of the German occupier."
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"The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy."
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"I look at ANWR (Artic National Wildlife Refuge) as a poison pill in the energy bill."
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"I've always felt that you can't do much wrong in a garden providing you enjoy it."
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"When the fabric of society is so rigid that it cannot change quickly enough, adjustments are achieved by social unrest and revolutions."
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"Rather than showing themselves to be an ally to the middle class by ending the AMT or repealing it for years to come, my Republican colleagues refused to include it in today's legislation and America's middle class will surely suffer that choice greatly."
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"But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear."
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"Studies indicate that most of young adults struggle to grasp even the most basic financial principles that will allow them to manage money and prepare for their future."
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"A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement."
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"Before and during the first phase of the war his administration repeatedly maligned the UN but now, that Iraq has turned into a quagmire, it is asking the UN for help."
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"I oppose any attempt to grant homosexual unions the same legal privileges that civil government affords to traditional marriage and family life."
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"The Disarmament Conference has become the focal point of a great struggle between anarchy and world order... between those who think in terms of inevitable armed conflict and those who seek to build a universal and durable peace."
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"Don't divide the world into "them" and "us." Avoid infatuation with or resentment of the press, the Congress, rivals, or opponents. Accept them as facts. They have their jobs and you have yours."
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"I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules."
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"There is no word more generally misinterpreted than the word egoism, in its modern sense."
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"For 180 years, we voted in English. That is the true American tradition, and this amendment is true to our heritage, not what has existed unnaturally for the last 20 years."
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"I think the first duty of society is justice."
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"I Love Spirituality it reminds me of the Old Quaker Oats Commercial. "Nothing is better for thee than me"!"
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"Respect for another man's opinion is worthy. It is the realization that any opinion is valuable, for it is the sign of a rational being."
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"As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books."
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"These intellectual guys don't like to have an intellectual conversation with you unless they're running the whole thing."
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"Today, Democrats not only have the White House; they have the Senate too. So we have to be realistic about what we can and cannot achieve, while at the same recognizing that realism should never be confused with capitulation."
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"Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism."
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"I have seen how effective language attached to policies that are mainstream and delivered by people who are passionate and effective can change the course of history."
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"NAFTA and GATT have about as much to do with free trade as the Patriot Act has to do with liberty."
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"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing."
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"The job of training an Iraqi police force is one of the most important tasks being undertaken in Operation Iraqi Freedom. It is also one of the most difficult."
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"Before this government came to power, many failing schools were simply allowed to drift on in a pattern of continuing failure. The government is determined to break that pattern and is successfully doing so."
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"Lesbianism is so rampant in some of the schools in southeast Oklahoma that they'll only let one girl go to the bathroom. Now think about it. Think about that issue. How is it that that's happened to us?"
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"The creative works of the entertainment industry belong to the millions of people who make them and are not for others to steal or unlawfully distribute."
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"Unfortunately, my district like many others across the country has a problem with gangs, which is why I introduced this amendment."
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"Let me close as I did in Gander on September 11, 2002 when I went to that community to thank the people of Gander and the people of Canada for the overwhelming support and help that was given to us in the wake of those attacks on September 11, 2001."
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"There was a queen that was overthrown here. So I was affected by all of that and felt profoundly grateful for the opportunity to live in Hawaii, and I set out at once to try to fit in."
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"Army: A body of men assembled to rectify the mistakes of the diplomats."
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"Unfortunately, the elimination of incentives such as parole, good time credits and funding for college courses, means that fewer inmates participate in and excel in literacy, education, treatment and other development programs."
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"America is hope. It is compassion. It is excellence. It is valor."
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"I - and there are hundreds of thousands of Irishmen who felt on this subject as I do - have always liked my Celtic countrymen and disliked the English nation; it is a national trait of character, and I cannot help it."
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"Just as the British subject loves England despite her faults, so we must insist that all Germans who were part of the old Germany and helped shape her, recognize the greatness and worthiness of present-day Germany."
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"I ended up being the governor of a very ag state, Nebraska."
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"Bishop Frederick Henry of Calgary is facing at least two official objections to his public statements along with expensive hearings before the Alberta Human Rights Commission for expressing his biblical views on same sex marriage."
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"When you get to the extremes there is, sometimes, just the need where you have to stand up."
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"I readily admit I was not an expert on foreign policy but I was knowledgeable and I didn't need a man who was the Vice President of the United States and my opponent turning around and putting me down."
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"Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill."
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