Famous quotes by Politicians

"Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes"

"Americans rightly asked, if this is the way our government responds to a natural disaster it knew about days in advance, how would it respond to a surprise terrorist attack? How would it respond to an earthquake?"

"Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen"

"Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may"

"Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects"

"Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is"

"The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise"

"Genius without education is like silver in the mine"

"Freedom rings where opinions clash"

"The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them"

"How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy"

"Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system"

"And before our current legislature adjourns, we intend to become the first state of full and true choice by saying to every low and middle-income Hoosier family, if you think a non-government school is the right one for your child, you're as entitled to that option as any wealthy family; here's a voucher, go sign up"

"We owe the Aboriginal peoples a debt that is four centuries old. It is their turn to become full partners in developing an even greater Canada. And the reconciliation required may be less a matter of legal texts than of attitudes of the heart"

"An indictment is not a conviction"

"If you're not brave, you're not going to be free"

"Well done is better than well said"

"Diligence is the mother of good luck"

"You may delay, but time will not"

"Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease"

"There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money"

"The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason"

"Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours"

"Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God"

"It is humiliating to remain with our hands folded while others write history. It matters little who wins. To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle even if you have to kick them in the pants. That is what I shall do"

"Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy"

"The Liberal State is a mask behind which there is no face; it is a scaffolding behind which there is no building"

"Americans have been given goals to achieve in Iraq, but not the standards by which to measure progress. And the only assurance Americans have been given that we can reach those goals is to trust the President and his Administration at their word"

"Towns and cities throughout the United States have opened their hearts and homes to thousands of families displaced from their homes as a result of this horrific storm"

"As more information becomes available, and the magnitude of the storm's impact becomes even more apparent, it becomes clear that this recovery will be lengthy"