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I think that one of the most fundamental responsibilities is to give testimony in a court of law, to give it honestly and willingly.
Obviously, it's a big problem how do we provide quality care to the maximum number of people. And it's not an easy problem to solve.
There is a lot of difference between failure and defeat. Failure is when you are defeated and neither learn nor contribute anything.
A wise man does not try to hurry history. Many wars have been avoided by patience, and many have been precipitated by reckless haste.
It's as if we think the laws of physics are subject to debate and amendment and political contributions can sway the laws of physics.
The truth about the climate crisis is still inconvenient for the large carbon polluters and the politicians who are in their pockets.
Tis not the fairest form that holds The mildest, purest soul within; 'Tis not the richest plant that holds The sweetest fragrance in.
I make no pretense to accuracy. I shall be quite content if the sensibilities of no one are wounded by anything I may reduce to type.
Tomorrow, I'm going to a soup kitchen in Mobile. I think that will symbolize the insensitivity of this administration to human needs.
I believe there were things I probably should have done differently. But I'm not going to spend a lot of time crying over spilt milk.
There's lots about politics I don't feel comfortable with. To talk about the politics of future ideas is impossible in soundbite form.
We can build a collective civic space large enough for all our separate identities, that we can be E Pluribus Unum - Out of One, Many.
A liberal knows that the only certainty in this life is change but believes that the change can be directed toward a constructive end.
Like an audience entertained by a magician, we allow ourselves to be deceived by those with a stake in persuading us to ignore reality.
Sometimes cameras and television are good to people and sometimes they aren't. I don't know if its the way you say it, or how you look.
My own belief is that the way we grow the economy, create jobs, create wealth is in the private sector. The government doesn't do that.
If the Democratic policies had been pursued over the last two or three years... we would not have had the kind of job growth we've had.
The journey of a thousand leagues begins with a single step. So we must never neglect any work of peace within our reach, however small.
When you have the facts on your side, argue the facts. When you have the law on your side, argue the law. When you have neither, holler.
We have a planetary emergency. We have to find a way to create, in the generation of those alive today, a sense of generational mission.
I am exceedingly distressed at the proceedings of the Convention-being ... almost sure, they will ... lay the foundation of a Civil War.
Add one little bit on the end... Think of 'potato,' how's it spelled? You're right phonetically, but what else...? There ya go...alright!
How could any responsible leader have ignored the Iraqi threat? If we had not acted, Saddam Hussein and his sons would still be in power.
We know he's been absolutely devoted to trying to acquire nuclear weapons, and we believe he has, in fact, reconstituted nuclear weapons.
Do you know the difference between a beautiful woman and a charming one? A beauty is a woman you notice, a charmer is one who notices you.
Developing relationships is a very important part of doing business, and I see more similarities than differences when I travel the world.
Investments - particularly those that involve the change of control of a company - only work when they work well for all parties involved.
My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators. . . . I think it will go relatively quickly, . . . [in] weeks rather than months.
On the plains of hesitation lie the blackened bones of countless millions who at the dawn of victory lay down to rest, and in resting died.
Our insatiable drive to rummage deep beneath the surface of the earth is a willful expansion of our dysfunctional civilization into Nature.
The carbon fuels industry-big oil and coal-have a 50-year lease on the Republican Party and they are drilling it for everything it's worth.
I'm asking you in your sermons to do the work of the Lord here on earth. I ask for your help in getting that message out urgently tomorrow.
In a free society, there comes a time when the truth - however hard it may be to hear, however impolitic it may seem to say - must be told.
Every once in a while, you let a word or phrase out and you want to catch it and bring it back. You can't do that. It's gone, gone forever.
It's rural America. It's where I came from. We always refer to ourselves as real America. Rural America, real America, real, real, America.
I've worked for four presidents and watched two others up close, and I know that there's no such thing as a routine day in the Oval Office.
The Senate is a place filled with goodwill and good intentions, and if the road to hell is paved with them, then it's a pretty good detour.
Information technology has brought people much closer together than ever before, providing a democratizing and mostly stabilizing influence.
You've got a job to do, and because you've got a job to do, you've got to focus on that, so you don't have time for personal considerations.
I strongly believe in the separation of church and state. But freedom of religion does not mean freedom from religion, there is a better way.
In golf, you keep your head down and follow through. In the vice presidency, you keep your head up and follow through. It's a big difference.
We need to remember that trade is a great peacemaker that enriches people and increases international understanding and ties between nations.
The moral and spiritual aspects of both personal and international relationships have a practical bearing which so-called practical men deny.
America is not just a power, it is a promise. It is not enough for our country to be extraordinary in might; it must be exemplary in meaning.
Once there were two brothers: one ran away to sea, the other was elected Vice-President-and nothing was ever heard from either of them again.
Whatever his private beliefs and religious practice, a president must be the guardian of the laws which ensure America's religious diversity.
I work with the president almost on a daily basis. I was with him until 6:30 last night. I'll be with him Thursday morning. We talk every day.
Whoever controls the flow of Persian Gulf oil has a stranglehold not only on our economy but also on the other countries of the world as well.
The dangerous American fascist is the man who wants to do in the United States in an American way what Hitler did in Germany in a Prussian way.
If I believe in something, I will fight for it, with all I have. But I do not demand all or nothing. I would rather get something than nothing.