Famous quotes by Politicians

"A government operates and acts differently than a company. So all we want to do is get some transparency here and then determine if the deal should go forward"

Mark Foley, Politician

"Black History Month must be more than just a month of remembrance; it should be a tribute to our history and reminder of the work that lies in the months and years ahead"

Marty Meehan, Politician

"Our current energy policy is bankrupt"

Jim Costa, Politician

"For example, in my district, there are visitors from all over the world who are drawn to our beautiful beaches, recreational lakes, habitat wildlife preserves, and golf courses"

Mark Foley, Politician

"A variety of factors contribute to the price of gasoline in the United States. These factors include worldwide supply, demand and competition for crude oil, taxes, regional differences in access to gasoline supplies and environmental regulations"

Gary Miller, Politician

"Terrorists continue to exploit divisions between law enforcement and the intelligence communities that limit the sharing of vital counterterrorism information"

Jim Sensenbrenner, Politician

"Although AmeriCorps is making a difference among its participants and the people they serve, we must address homelessness and the need for job training among our veterans"

Cliff Stearns, Politician

"There has certainly been criticism of the timing involved in getting help to the victims of the storm, and much of it may indeed be warranted. However, this is not the time for pointing fingers; rather, it is the time for offering a helping hand to our neighbors in need"

Jo Bonner, Politician

"Our goal is to shrink government to the size where we can drown it in a bathtub"

Grover Norquist, Politician

"My goal is to cut government in half in twenty-five years, to get it down to the size where we can drown it in the bathtub"

Grover Norquist, Politician

"But I also think that it does create a lot of revenue, but to me it's a temporary revenue stream because it's an industry that, if suddenly gambling started in Massachusetts, then a lot of our patrons who would gamble in New Hampshire if we had it, would disappear"

Craig Benson, Politician

"There is nothing nobler than risking your life for your country"

Nick Lampson, Politician

"The men and women who make up a plane's crew put their lives in jeopardy each time they fly. It's our job as much as anyone's to make sure we make it as safe as possible up there for them"

Dave Reichert, Politician

"The idea is a straightforward one. We provide an account for every newborn in America, a $500 account"

Harold Ford, Politician

"Immigration is not just compatible with, but is a necessary component of economic growth"

Dave Reichert, Politician

"Working-class Americans have waited too long, close to a decade, in fact, for an increase in the minimum wage. This has been the second longest period without a pay raise since the Federal minimum wage law was first enacted in 1938"

Bill Pascrell, Politician

"We are a nation of laws and a nation of immigrants"

Bob Inglis, Politician

"Republicans believe largely in the market working, Democrats believe stereotypically that you've got to give people something. So why not give people a chance to let the market work for them?"

Harold Ford, Politician

"Actually, I think I come at things a whole different way from most people, and, you know, sometimes political answers are one way to solve the problem, and sometimes there are better ways to do it"

Craig Benson, Politician

"Every year the Federal Government wastes billions of dollars as a result of overpayments of government agencies, misuse of government credit cards, abuse of the Federal entitlement programs, and the mismanagement of the Federal bureaucracy"

Chris Chocola, Politician

"In the years since 9/11, more terrorists have been created through this President's policies than were captured or killed. There weren't any terrorists in Iraq in 2003, but there are now"

Bill Pascrell, Politician

"You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important"

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Politician

"We should be trying to make education less expensive, not more"

Bob Inglis, Politician

"I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence"

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Politician

"Instead of being taught independence, energy, and enterprise, our youth today is taught to look for security"

B. Carroll Reece, Politician

"There is no doubt that our nation's security and defeating terrorism trump all other priorities"

Arlen Specter, Politician

"In a brave new world, a post-September 11 world, anyone is going to make certain mistakes. The mistakes that have been made on homeland security, on protecting our Nation from another terrorist attack, are mistakes of omission. We are simply not doing enough"

Charles Schumer, Politician

"In the long run, much public opinion is made in the universities; ideas generated there filter down through the teaching profession and the students into the general public"

B. Carroll Reece, Politician

"I'm always told that what I say is controversial. Why is it controversial? Because I speak from a tradition that has now fallen out of favor with the dominant media in this country. And so when I say things like marriage should be between one man and one woman, I'm called a bigot"

Rick Santorum, Politician

"Every society in the history of man has upheld the institution of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman. Why? Because society is based on one thing: that society is based on the future of the society. And that's what? Children. Monogamous relationships"

Rick Santorum, Politician

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