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Quotes by Politician
"I just thought it was unconscionable for the Congress to insert itself into this debate. We are particularly unqualified to make that decision and to intrude ourselves into the lives of this family."
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"This sordid affair has become an unacceptable distraction for Representative Weiner, his family, his constituents and the House - and for the good of all, he should step aside and address those things that should be most important - his and his family's well-being."
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"Tonight, I am pleased to announce that I have secured $1 million from the Convention Host Committee to fund the beautification of Boston's neighborhoods."
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"As efforts to fix this failure at the Veterans Administration continue, I also intend to persist in demanding answers and action on the establishment of a new clinic to serve the veterans in North Central Washington."
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"A Republican in my state of Arkansas feels about as out of place as Michael Vick at the West Minister dog show."
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"Senator Kerry voted to undermine the troops in the field, and that is not only inexcusable, it is reprehensible."
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"World-wide practice of Conservation and the fair and continued access by all nations to the resources they need are the two indispensable foundations of continuous plenty and of permanent peace."
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"What I wanted to do was see if we couldn't balance the budget."
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"No matter what you think about the Iraq war, there is one thing we can all agree on for the next days - we have to salute the courage and bravery of those who are risking their lives to vote and those brave Iraqi and American soldiers fighting to protect their right to vote."
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"There was never in my mind a desire to give in on the subject of freeing the political prisoners."
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"Firstly, we have personnel records of persons we hired, persons we fired, reasons we fired them and so forth. These records have nothing to do with the assassination of the president and, therefore, ought to remain in the files."
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"We are all representatives of the American people. We all do town hall meetings. We all talk to our constituents. And I've got to tell you, the American people are engaged. And if you think they want a government takeover of health care, I would respectfully submit you're not listening to them."
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"Electricity is derived from many non-renewable energy sources like oil, natural gas and coal."
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"People like me have to have the discipline only to work for clients, corporations, political people, products, services, networks that we believe in and we want to see succeed."
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"Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous."
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"In my opinion, assassination theories will continue to revolve around these assassinations as they have around several other significant assassinations in American history. The assassination of President Lincoln comes to mind."
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"Gun control means being able to hit your target. If I have a 'hot button' issue, this is definitely it. Don't even think about taking my guns. My rights are not negotiable, and I am totally unwilling to compromise when it comes to the Second Amendment."
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"Don't think of your courses as providing all you need for your career."
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"We must speed up the deployment of broadband in order to bring high-speed data services to homes and businesses. The spread of information technology has contributed to a steady growth in U.S. productivity."
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"Bipartisanship isn't an option anymore; it is a requirement. The American people have divided responsibility for leadership right down the middle."
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"But by providing the background picture - the universal situational awareness that we desire - by showing the anomalies, the Space-Based Radar will change the nature of how we do our analysis and our intelligence."
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"I think if we are actually going to accept our generation's responsibility, that's going to mean that we give our children no less retirement security than we inherited from our parents."
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"House Republican leadership have refused to allow a clean minimum wage vote. Close to 15 million Americans will be affected if we did this. Do Republicans really expect a family to live on less than $11,000 a year?"
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"It is day after day in this institution, borrow money, run up the debt, run up the deficits and then with a straight face say, we are going to repeal a tax that affects 1 percent of the American people, just 1 percent of the American people."
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"The gulf coast, we all know now, after Katrina, is responsible for 25 percent of U.S. production of natural gas. Following Katrina and Rita, almost 75 percent of the natural gas production in the gulf was shut down and not producing."
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"Social security, bank account, and credit card numbers aren't just data. In the wrong hands they can wipe out someone's life savings, wreck their credit and cause financial ruin."
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"Almost a century has passed since Japan first entered the world community by concluding a treaty of amity with the United States of America in 1854."
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"Instead of raising taxes as some would insist, we need to reduce waste and inefficiency in government."
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"That U.N. Security Council resolution requires getting Syrian troops and intelligence officials out of Lebanon so that the Lebanese can have elections here this spring that are free and fair and free of outside influence."
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"The spirit and determination of the people to chart their own destiny is the greatest power for good in human affairs."
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"The Smithsonian Institute is one of the most popular agencies of government in the United States."
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"In other words, I think that if an audience listens to something as an experience of how in tune it is or something of that kind, that the whole point is somehow being missed, and the music has failed."
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"You know, having been an election monitor in countries across the world, I can tell you that we would never certify another country's election if it had as many flaws in place as we had in Florida."
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"Once again, we see the Bush administration paying for its failed policies by cutting funds to vital public services and jeopardizing more American jobs."
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"The power to investigate is a great public trust."
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"The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally."
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"Whenever men take the law into their own hands, the loser is the law. And when the law loses, freedom languishes."
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"If people want a sense of purpose they should get it from their archbishop. They should certainly not get it from their politicians."
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"Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in its veins."
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"The unemployment rate is still twice as high for blacks as for whites."
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"If you play the theatrics too much, you get in the way of your own cause."
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"It's been said that government doesn't create jobs, business does. For the most part, this is true. But government creates the environment in which businesses can excel and expand."
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"Meanwhile, people have to join us and fight back against the federal government that has dropped the ball, that is in bed with these energy companies, that wants them to make more money than they've made before."
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"Contrast the United States with any country on the face of the earth today and ask yourself whether the situation of the United States is not the best to be found."
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"Looking long term, a stronger, wealthier, and more stable Central America next door benefits the United States' own safety, security, and economy."
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"Our party is a diverse one, as is my home state of Illinois."
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"The goal of re-importation is to provide American consumers with access to drugs at the world market price - not the inflated price now paid only by Americans."
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"Horsemeat in many European and Asian countries is consumed as a delicacy."
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"The stark and inescapable fact is that today we cannot defend our society by war since total war is total destruction, and if war is used as an instrument of policy, eventually we will have total war."
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