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In every election in American history both parties have their cliches. The party that has the cliches that ring true wins.
Donald Trump is my leader. And if he decides to drop the swamp and the alligator, I will drop the swamp and the alligator.
Whether it's his beloved game of polo or his magical success in business, Norman Brinker simply does not know how to lose.
When we give government the power to make medical decisions for us, we, in essence, accept that the state owns our bodies.
We should have a strong president. Strong enough to resist the temptation of taking power that a president shouldn't have.
Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.
I am for police function that protects citizens of this great Nation, not a police function that is used to terrorize them.
We need to see the connection between global warring and global warming, and it's oil. Sustainability is the path to peace.
In health care, the biggest imperative is: Fix those who cannot get insurance without changing the world for everyone else.
Everyone tries to define this thing called Character. It's not hard. Character is doing what's right when nobody's looking.
Our generation had been told that life had seriousness, and we came in (to politics) with purpose. We were serving history.
I call this 'boss Obamacare.' The only health care that citizens of this country can access are those approved by the boss.
With each new appropriations bill Congress considers, I have to ask myself, 'Is this a good way to spend taxpayer dollars?'
The federal and state governments should ban the use of taxpayer funds to support cloning and embryonic stem cell research.
I would like to see this group in this Congress be starting the process to get ourselves on long term fiscal strong footing.
[The Clinton health care initiative is] washed-over old-time bureaucratic liberalism, or centralized bureaucratic socialism.
Let it not be said that no one cared, that no one objected once it’s realized that our liberties and wealth are in jeopardy.
I'm convinced that you never have to give up liberties to be safe. I think you're less safe when you give up your liberties.
If somebody's in prison for non-violence, drug usage, and never committed a hard crime, they should be pardoned and let out.
Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
Until the President produces a responsible deficit reduction plan, I'm not going to the White House to negotiate with myself.
All unemployment compensation should be tied to a job training requirement. Now the fact is, 99 weeks is an associate degree.
You serve the country, and you help the President. If the President wants you to leave, you know, you are two corridors down.
The SSA's practice of allowing union activity during normal federal government operations is unfair to seniors and taxpayers.
Remember, politicians get votes by promising everything to everyone, always at the expense of some other invisible taxpayers.
They ask me if I'm going to quit. I thought we were just getting started. We have a revolution to fight, a country to change.
An ambassador for peace, Pope John Paul II stood steadfast against communism and condemned discrimination against all people.
One thing we cannot put a number on is the number of casualties because people were never connected to their purpose in life.
When it comes to the American dream, no one has a corner on the market. All of us have an equal chance to share in that dream.
You know, modern liberals are just, I think frankly, totally off the deep end... their only answer is to yell racism and hide.
I think the very concept of an elite commission deciding for the American people who deserves to be heard is profoundly wrong.
The government shut down 12 times under Democratic House Speaker Tip O'Neill. It was only shut down twice while I was speaker.
My style is to stay on the offensive: to take risks, to recover very fast when you make a mistake, but to keep moving forward.
If we do not provide education for every single American, we are consigning those without an education to second-class status.
There was a time when a willingness to criticize one's own government when it was wrong was the very definition of patriotism.
Why is it is claimed that if people won't or can't take care of their own needs, that people in government can do it for them?
The U.S. Coast Guard is a shining example of how well a Federal agency can perform with its flexibility, speed, and expertise.
Without a musket to raise, a barricade to storm, a flag to wave, the question hit me in the face like the cold air: 'Who am I?'
If Thomas Edison invented electric light today, Dan Rather would report it on CBS News as, 'Candle-making industry threatened'.
By definition, the person who learns enough to become the nominee is almost certainly the best person for the general election.
People are going to keep getting prescribed medication that is counter to what their real disease state is, which is addiction.
Sanctions are not diplomacy. They are a precursor to war and an embarrassment to a country that pays lip service to free trade.
Governments, whether they're dictatorships or democracies, reflect the people. When the people get fed up, they throw them out.
Liberty has meaning only if we still believe in it when terrible things happen and a false government security blanket beckons.
Down where I grew up, able-bodied people do that which we believe God created them to do. Work is a blessing; it's not a curse.
The Postal Service delivers mail six days a week to nearly 140 million addresses. Every year this number increases by 2 million.
The oil companies are gouging the American citizenry aggressively, relentlessly, and without any sense of conscience whatsoever.
Without Jimmy Carter we might not have gotten Ronald Reagan, without Ronald Reagan there would probably still be a Soviet Union.
A lot of people get elected to Congress, and sometimes a part of their pledge is a term-limit pledge. There's no accountability.