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Quotes by Public-servant
"The tension between centrality, on the one hand, and competition, on the other, is probably the oldest of all market structure issues."
64
"No one wants to abandon the Israelis. But I think the perception is, and I think it's probably an accurate perception, that the tail is leading the dog - that we are giving the Israelis carte blanche ability to exercise whatever they want to do in their area."
64
"We've got a major problem in our culture, as it relates to the Internet and pornography and child pornography."
64
"People understand we're on the doorstep of doing something really historic that will help the American people and strengthen our country for the long run."
64
"Justice is incidental to law and order."
63
"I regret to say that we of the FBI are powerless to act in cases of oral-genital intimacy, unless it has in some way obstructed interstate commerce."
63
"Bridges are perhaps the most invisible form of public architecture."
63
"But I knew that what had happened was an eye-opener not only to the United States but also to Pakistan, who realized that after what has happened on the 11th of September, it was simply impossible to continue to play those games in Afghanistan."
63
"The attack did not succeed as well as I had hoped, no small impediment having been the loss of my right leg."
63
"Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office."
63
"In this context, I believe it is an imperative for the new President to select and install his team as quickly as possible, and this does not imply that he must or should appoint members of the 'other' party to his Cabinet, which could contribute to inaction and inefficiency."
62
"You mentioned the Free Trade Agreement and yes I can't tell you how pleased we are that Morocco is one of the countries that our country is going to begin negotiating a Free Trade Agreement with."
62
"The treatise found that he was perfectly within his rights to use them."
62
"The military has been tremendously important in the past during catastrophes and in protecting the population. But it shouldn't become an auxiliary police force."
62
"The FBI has long been a part of the security for the nation's banks because bank robberies have been a priority."
62
"We have to remind the people: Congress has the constitutional obligation and public responsibility to oversee these issues and the Department of Justice's operations."
62
"The cows have ID numbers. And we should be able, throughout the investigation, which is ongoing as we speak, to be able to track that cow back to where it came from initially."
62
"We don't want to go back to the same policies and the same practices that drove our economy into a ditch, that punished the middle class, and that led us to this catastrophe. We have to keep moving forward."
62
"Europe is a collection of free countries."
62
"We know that there are various activities important to the insurgents in Iraq that are occurring in Syria."
Iraq,
62
"The SS, as such, behaved no more criminally than any other social groups would behave when taking part in political events."
61
"The French were mystified about the Watergate scandal."
61
"The problem we were struggling with within the closed market was what the incentive would be. You probably wouldn't use dollars. But those are all questions that need to be explored."
61
"NARA must provide security at our facilities to protect our public patrons, our staff, and our holdings."
61
"As President, I will end once and for all the use of taxpayer funds to promote the National Endowment for the Arts and other programs that subsidize amoral and degrading activities."
61
"Multi- polarisation has become an inevitable trend in the process of shaping a global political pattern and has been widely welcomed by the international community as it reflects the common interests and aspiration of the overwhelming majority of countries."
61
"No one wants to go back to a situation where, if you have a pre-existing medical condition, you, you can be deprived of coverage. No one wants to go back to a situation where, if you get seriously ill, you can get thrown off your insurance. Seniors don't want to go back to paying more for their prescription drugs."
61
"I think President Obama is a committed, practicing nonideologue. He's consumed by neither tactics nor ideology. He is more concerned about outcomes than he is about process and categorizations."
61
"We have a substantial number of countries that have pledged and provided all kinds of support for the United States in the event that war becomes necessary in Iraq."
61
"The warning message we sent the Russians was a calculated ambiguity that would be clearly understood."
61
"This awareness instills a fierce desire to protect that heritage and - in doing so - to educate Americans in the meaning and importance of our pivotal documents."
61
"All of us want to have meaning in our lives and want to feel like we're doing something that makes a difference. I believe we're doing that in the Justice Department."
61
"I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians."
61
"Just the minute the FBI begins making recommendations on what should be done with its information, it becomes a Gestapo."
61
"These are estimates that are done by the experts as to how much they expect we could get from the first lease sale that would take place in ANWR, and the estimate is about $2.5 billion."
60
"In the financial system we have today, with less risk concentrated in banks, the probability of systemic financial crises may be lower than in traditional bank-centered financial systems."
60
"I believe with all my heart that civilization has produced nothing finer than a man or woman who thinks and practices true tolerance."
60
"It is only the Somalis themselves - and I don't hide that fact when I meet the political leaders here - they themselves have to stop their old practices of fighting each other every time they have a problem. They have to learn how to do peaceful conflict resolution."
60
"Naming a transition team varies with the intentions of the candidate; some candidates have been careful to name a transition team as much as a year in advance."
60
"The attacks on the Paris Metro in the 1990s were committed by members of the local Muslim community, immigrants from the Maghreb region of North Africa."
60
"The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason."
60
"And I think that we in America need to understand that many schools need improvement, and particularly with respect to how they're serving minority children."
60
"We cannot go up on a wire. We cannot do a search without a judge on the FISA Court approving it and determining that we have met the standard that has been set forth by Congress in order to utilize these techniques."
60
"Negotiations are a euphemism for capitulation if the shadow of power is not cast across the bargaining table."
60
"Arresting and detaining these dangerous people can make sense, at least until a final decision is reached on their deportation. However, such detention must always be subject to time limits and court review."
60
"Saudi Arabia was, until just a few years ago, probably one of the most safe countries on earth. And now the paper is daily full of activities and shootouts between Islamists who supported Osama bin Laden and the government there."
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