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Quotes by Public-servant
"Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease."
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"It took us years to get into the mess that we got ourselves in at the end of 2008, and it's going to take a while to get us out. We lost eight million jobs, we saw a financial system near collapse, we have a continuing housing crisis that we're making progress on dealing with."
22
"But the debt limit obviously is something that needs to and will be passed. That is not inconsistent with a process and a belief that we have to get significant deficit reduction."
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"People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh."
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"The great power the president has is that he is the most prominent person in the biggest media event on the planet. He has the attention of the nation and the world. When he speaks, everybody listens."
21
"Solitude shows us what should be; society shows us what we are."
20
"Most of the State of the Union will not be about Iraq. Most of the State of the Union will be about improving America's economy and providing greater access to health care for millions of American people, including senior citizens."
20
"I am happy with what I do. I'd love to be the manager of the Atlanta Braves, but they hired somebody this week. So I'll just have to be inordinately happy with one of the best jobs on the planet."
20
"No matter what your religion, you should try to become a government program, for then you will have everlasting life."
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"Faith makes all evil good to us, and all good better; unbelief makes all good evil, and all evil worse. Faith laughs at the shaking of the spear; unbelief trembles at the shaking of a leaf."
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"There is already a mountain of evidence that Saddam Hussein is gathering weapons for the purpose of using them. And adding additional information is like adding a foot to Mount Everest."
19
"The president welcomes peaceful protests - it is a time-honored tradition. The president agrees violence is not the answer in Iraq, and that's why he hopes Saddam Hussein will disarm."
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"Humanists are not characteristically strong in faith, hope and love."
18
"A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness."
18
"A secret in the Oxford sense: you may tell it to only one person at a time."
18
"To avoid a military conflict, Saddam Hussein has no other choice than to leave the country."
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"If you play it safe in life you've decided that you don't want to grow any more."
18
"He fertilizes a phrase or a line of poetry for weeks and then gives birth to it in a speech."
17
"I think people are going to have a choice to make in the fall. But I think there's no doubt there are enough seats in play that could cause Republicans to gain control. There's no doubt about that."
17
"We say that we care about the war, but we don't even really know what we're fighting for."
17
"Security is not the meaning of my life. Great opportunities are worth the risk."
17
"Investing in auto companies and ensuring a financial collapse didn't lead not from a recession to a great depression may not have been the most popular thing to do, but it was the right thing to do."
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"The role of the teacher remains the highest calling of a free people. To the teacher, America entrusts her most precious resource, her children; and asks that they be prepared... to face the rigors of individual participation in a democratic society."
17
"Political criticism is our enemies' best friend."
16
"To balance China, the democracies will need new friends - and India with its fast-growing economy, youthful population, and democratic politics seems the obvious candidate."
15
"We're going through a kind of ancient, barbaric war dance now - it's almost an ultimate in absurdity."
15
"Lord, bless me with the ability to achieve all that I can, and the wisdom to realize it doesn't all have to be by tomorrow!"
13
"We've seen more reform in the last year than we've seen in decades, and we haven't spent a dime yet. It's staggering how the Recovery Act is driving change."
13
"Lack of something to feel important about is almost the greatest tragedy a man may have."
13
"All forces are a deterrent to and would be employed in a general war. Most of our forces could be employed in a limited war, if required."
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"Ambition is the path to success, persistence is the vehicle you arrive in."
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