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I think we need to do two things - or three things. One is we need to put a stop on refugees until we can vet.
If ISIS strikes, it's going to strike Americans - not Republicans or Democrats. This is not partisan politics.
To be a Navy SEAL, it's three and a half years training before you're ever put into harm's way the first time.
At present, our country needs women's idealism and determination, perhaps more in politics than anywhere else.
A teacher should, above all things, first induce a desire in the pupil for the acquisition he wishes to impart.
I had supported Governor George W. Bush over Senator John McCain in the 2000 Rhode Island presidential primary.
The Democrats have come right out and said it: the power of the central government shall have no limits at all.
So many people of my generation who served in the government were prisoners of the Cold War culture, still are.
We must exchange the philosophy of excuse - what I am is beyond my control for the philosophy of responsibility.
The sentiments in Hawaii about Washington's failure of leadership are no different than the rest of the country.
The Democratic Party will never desert the freedoms of our people under the guise of pretending to protect them.
Reproof is a medicine, like mercury or opium; if it be improperly administered, it will do harm instead of good.
Ignorance breeds monsters to fill up the vacancies of the soul that are unoccupied by the verities of knowledge.
Everybody knows I return all of my phone calls. I pick up my cell phone myself, much to the chagrin of my staff.
The second a political consultant tries to play dirty tricks, it will backfire, and it will hurt that candidate.
I just want to be a really good congressman. You should look at what you are today and be the very best you can.
I am the people's politician. If the day should ever come when the people can't save me, I'll know I'm finished.
We have two political parties in this country, the Stupid Party and the Evil Party. I belong to the Stupid Party.
My parole officer always believed in my capacity for redemption, even when my actions did not inspire confidence.
Mark Kirk: Lied about going to war. Opposed middle class tax cuts. And said unemployment's not that big an issue.
A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.
One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
We've had many times when a judge makes decisions that are inaccurate, and that's why we have an appeal processes
Something is wrong with America. I wonder sometimes what people are thinking about or if they're thinking at all.
I support a robust economy where agriculture and businesses are able to compete in a fair and open global market.
Government is contemptuous of true religion when it confiscates the taxes of Caesar to finance the things of God.
I really believe, when you come out of hiding, in whatever way you're hiding, you get to go out into the sunlight.
I support allowing homosexuals to serve openly in our military and eliminating the 'don't ask, don't tell' policy.
A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
Knowledge is but an instrument, which the profligate and the flagitious may use as well as the brave and the just.
Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.
I'm trying to encourage my children's generation and the other ones coming to return to basic American principles.
Some environmentalists have had the feeling that Indians are not good stewards. I've always been critical of that.
I couldn't describe how little interest I have in men. Or I could - but I don't think that it would be appropriate.
On the face of it, it must be a bad cause which will not bear discussion. Truth seeks light instead of shunning it.
To work hard. To open new doors for our kids, for our grandkids. To renew our spirit. That's what America is about.
My dad was a New York City cop. His father was a New York City fireman. And my mother's dad was a city taxi driver.
The contagious people of Washington have stood firm against diversity during this long period of increment weather.
The worship of words is more pernicious than the worship of images. Grammatolatry is the worst species of idolatry.
Racism is so universal in this country, so widespread and deepseated, that it is invisible because it is so normal.
I have certainly met much more discrimination in terms of being a woman than being black, in the field of politics.
All you need to know is this. You can never go wrong by voting for a bill that fails, or against a bill that passes.
the Empire State Building was tall. So what? Just proved New York builders didn't know when to stop at a good story.
The teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.
Happiness is an endowment and not an acquisition. It depends more upon temperament and disposition than environment.
If you asked central casting in Hollywood for somebody to play the role of President, they'd send you John Connally.
You cannot negotiate with organizations that are based on an ideology whose core is to destroy the West and America.
In the end anti-black, anti-female, and all forms of discrimination are equivalent to the same thing: anti-humanism.
I ran for the presidency, despite hopeless odds, to demonstrate the sheer will and refusal to accept the status quo.
It would be thrilling, obviously, to be able to have a woman and an openly LGBT person as the mayor of New York City.