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I do not undertake to promote welfare, for I propose to extend freedom. My aim is not to pass laws but to repeal them.
Power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely, and I found that out when I was Attorney General in Massachusetts.
We're going to have to do a whole lot more, and give nature at least a chance to repair some of the damage we've done.
I think a lot of us share a fear that we and people we love will lose control of our own destinies at the end of life.
I don't think politics has anything to do with left, right, or center. It has to do with trying to do right by people.
Today the Internal Revenue Code constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. A flat tax would be an enormous step forward.
Converse, converse, CONVERSE, with living men, face to face, mind to mind-that is one of the best sources of knowledge.
The Constitution does not just protect those whose views we share; it also protects those with whose views we disagree.
This is, I say, the time for all good men not to go to the aid of their party, but to come to the aid of their country.
It is a curiosity of human nature that lack of self-assurance seems to breed an exaggerated sense of power and mission.
[Religion is a way of reconstructing] what has come to feel like a crumbling moral framework in the life of our nation.
I think any man in business would be foolish to fool around with his secretary. If it's somebody else's secretary, fine.
I understand Jacqueline Kennedy has redone the White House in eighteenth-century style. Why, then, I'd fit in perfectly.
I made more decisions in a half-day as governor than you can make in a whole week in the Senate... it's too slow for me.
When most presidents get in, they move to the center because they realize that this is a centrist country - even Reagan.
As Justice Sandra Day O'Connor stated, even a state of war is not a blank check for a president to do whatever he wants.
I don't think you're going to be a success in anything if you think about losing, whether it's in sports or in politics.
In a democracy dissent is an act of faith. Like medicine, the test of its value is not in its taste, but in its effects.
I fight for what I believe. If you are not willing to stand up for what you believe, your beliefs are not strong enough.
I don't care what the New York Times says about me, and no one I care about cares what the New York Times says about me.
As a boy, when I was bad, my mother would chew me out in Spanish. And since I was bad a lot, I learned a lot of Spanish!
I smoked pot and that was something that I did when I was in college. It was something that I’m not proud of, but I did.
I would urge that we all use a little bit of caution in dealing with an issue that is so vital to our national security.
I have spent my career trying to get Congressmen to spend the people's money as if it were their own. But I have failed.
We used to play marbles for keeps. If you lost, you lost. It is the same way with politics, but not everybody knows this.
Make no mistake about it! There is an organized movement against organized labor and it's called the Bush Administration.
The independence of the United States is not only more precious to ourselves but to the world than any single possession.
In the long course of history, having people who understand your thought is much greater security than another submarine.
There is nothing to be gained by waiting for a better situation. You see where you are and you do what you can with that.
I hate to think that we may be out there seven to ten years out and dependent on the Russians for our journey into space.
If a teacher does not involve himself, his values, his commitments, in the course of discussion, why should the students?
One of my opponents [Romney] recently said that it would take an act of God for me to win this primary. I agree with him.
Every minute you spend in your life is either spent bringing you closer to your goals or moving you away from your goals.
While we are focusing on fear, worry or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love.
The limousine is the ultimate ego trip, the supreme sign of success. It shouts: Hey, this guy is really and truly Mr Big.
When businesses face tough times, one of the first items they cut is overhead expenses. The government should do the same.
The United States in the 1980s may be the first society in history in which children are distinctly worse off than adults.
As a society, we've learned that we're all better off when everyone is included in the opportunities of this great nation.
We need to fight the plague of the uninsured the way we have fought other threats to our way of life and our basic values.
Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline.
Hopefully, 21 years later, Judge Roberts possesses an openness with respect to issues of gender-based wage discrimination.
We must renew democracy itself. We have to fight cynicism and inertia and restore faith in the advancement of our country.
Changing the legal standard creates a slippery slope...plural marriage. The court opened up a pandora's box by doing that.
'Tis better to be known as a good man than a great one, for greatness is an assessment of mortals; goodness a gift of God.
We believe in the dignity of every life, the possibility of every mind, the divinity of every soul. This is our true North.
I believed the only thing that could turn around this government spending and mounting debt would be if the people rose up.
Medical liability reform is not a Republican or Democrat issue or even a doctor versus lawyer issue. It is a patient issue.
If you wait until those weapons pose a direct, clear, present danger to the United States, you've probably waited too long.
Its amazing that so many kids turn out to be fairly normal, considering the weird socialization they get in public schools.
One of the things I really want is for people to feel the civic responsibility, and not just refuse to vote out of protest.