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Looking back, I should have pursued philosophy and economics and things of that sort in college more, but I didn't.
I had a good political career, and I have a good business career. I didn't get the brass ring. But I did very well.
The course of nationalism, once it's attached to a cause opposite yours, is still the strongest force in the world.
Tobacco addiction sinks its claws in deeply, it's just as powerful of [sic] an addiction as heroin or crack cocaine.
If you give a person a fish, they'll fish for a day. But if you train a person to fish, they'll fish for a lifetime.
We have no intention of ignoring or appeasing history's latest gang of fanatics trying to murder their way to power.
The essence of statesmanship is not a rigid adherence to the past, but a prudent and probing concern for the future.
Propaganda, to be effective, must be believed. To be believed, it must be credible. To be credible, it must be true.
The difference between hearsay and prophecy is often one of sequence. Hearsay often turns out to have been prophecy.
What changed in the United States with Hurricane Katrina was a feeling that we have entered a period of consequences.
I take no pleasure in the fact that the scientific predictions I’ve relayed to popular audiences turn out to be true.
The scientific evidence of how serious this climate crisis is becoming continues to amass week after week after week.
I take no pleasure in the fact that the scientific predictions I've relayed to popular audiences turn out to be true.
...the best definition that I heard of that is that a bureaucrat is a Democrat who has a job that a Republican wants.
It's a very valuable function and requirement that you're performing, so have a great day and keep a stiff upper lip.
They need help, and we have helped, and we are here to help. And we are helping, and we're going to continue to help.
The Federalist Society has made important contributions to the nation's understanding of our constitutional heritage.
I did my 40 years in Washington, 40-plus, and it's time to pause and reflect and think about what I've seen and done.
In an effort to eliminate the possibility of any rival growing up, some monopolists would sacrifice democracy itself.
Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.
There can be no compromise on the right of personal security; there can be no compromise on securing of human rights.
I am absolutely disgusted that anyone would put thousands of America's boys at risk just to win a Political Campaign.
The UK is one of the only nations on earth that has actually met and even exceeded its goals under the Kyoto Protocol.
I think the ethical standards established in this White House have been the highest in the history of the White House.
George Orwell once wrote that a false belief sooner or later collides with physical reality, usually on a battlefield.
It is not death that I'm apparently now succumbing to, but the rapid diminishment of lifeforce from this body of mine.
The good Lord didn't see fit to put oil and gas only where there are democratic regimes friendly to the United States.
Atheists have just as much of a right to the public discourse as any ... people of any religious faith in this country.
All I have to do is be the best Al I can be, because I'm good enough, I'm smart enough and, doggone it, people like me.
America's political system has evolved over the last 50 years in ways that have enhanced the power of business lobbies.
You can push your local communities to adopt more sustainable sources of energy and environmentally-friendly practices.
I support efforts to limit the terms of members of Congress, especially members of the House and members of the Senate.
We have a firm commitment to NATO, we are a part of NATO. We have a firm commitment to Europe. We are a part of Europe.
The measure of a civilization is how it treats those at the dawn of life, the margins of life and the twilight of life.
The best reason I can think of for not running for President of the United States is that you have to shave twice a day.
The moral imperative to make big changes is inescapable...that what we take for granted may not be here for our children
The global importance of the Middle East is that it keeps the Far East and the Near East from encroaching on each other.
We've had experiences where the president's been shot, but never had a situation where the vice president shot somebody.
The worldwide, agelong struggle between fascism and democracy will not stop when the fighting ends in Germany and Japan.
The moral test of a society is how that society treats those who are in the dawn of life: the children; ... the elderly.
Peace is not passive, it is active. Peace is not appeasement, it is strength. Peace does not 'happen,' it requires work.
All the Chicago demonstrators wanted to do was to sleep in the park and kick policemen with razor blades in their shoes.
Why is it that when political ammunition runs low, inevitably the rusty artillery of abuse is always wheeled into action?
And nobody is talking about taking guns away from hunters or sportsmen or banning all guns. Nobody is talking about that.
We have to abandon the conceit that isolated personal actions are going to solve this crisis. Our policies have to shift.
We will invest in our people, quality education, job opportunity, family, neighborhood, and yes, a thing we call America.
Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.
I can't think of a time when we've had a region emerge as suddenly to become as strategically significant as the Caspian.
What we need are critical lovers of America - patriots who express their faith in their country by working to improve it.
More progress results from the violent execution of an imperfect plan than the perfection of a plan to violently execute.