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The only possible role that I can see for reconciliation would be to make modest changes in the major package to improve… — Kent Conrad Copy Share Image
The federal government has sponsored research that has produced a tomato that is perfect in every respect, except that you can't eat… — Andy Rooney Copy Share Image
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We just need to make sure that we get somebody in there that respects the Constitution, respects the rule of law, that… — Scott Pruitt Copy Share Image
My belief has always been... that wherever in this land any individual's constitutional rights are being unjustly denied, it is the obligation… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
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I am willing to pledge myself that if the time should ever come that the voluntary agencies of the country together with… — Herbert Hoover Copy Share Image
We can decide to kneel to the mob and kneel to the state, cede all of our power over to the federal… — Madison Cawthorn Copy Share Image
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Hurricane [Katrina] hit the Gulf Coast and destroyed much of the Gulf Coast - that was an act of God ... Now… — James Carville Copy Share Image
Homeowners and business owners across the country agreed to pay premiums, communities agreed to adopt building codes to mitigate flood dangers, and… — Bob Ney Copy Share Image
I will be working with my colleagues in the Congress to ensure that the federal government devotes as much attention to the… — Tom Malinowski Copy Share Image
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Patient autonomy is paramount to the oath that we take when we enter the profession of medicine. That is why I am… — Ami Bera Copy Share Image
There are at the present moment many colored men in the Confederate army doing duty not only as cooks, servants and laborers… — Frederick Douglass Copy Share Image
I was born in 1966, at the beginning of the Biafran-Nigerian Civil War, and the war ended after three years. And I… — Chris Abani Copy Share Image
Absolutely, federal health care options in Congress should mirror those offered in the private sector. If these options are not available in… — Rob Woodall Copy Share Image
We will never meet our own expectations of public education unless the federal government is willing to play a consistent, long-term role;… — Carly Fiorina Copy Share Image
Our situation is truly delicate & critical. On the one hand we are in need of a strong federal government founded on… — Mercy Otis Warren Copy Share Image
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State and local government, with financial support from the federal government, should offer a program to educate and train foster children for… — Charles Bass Copy Share Image
In the 1950s, the black men and women and their white allies who fought for civil rights and basic human dignity could… — Joy Reid Copy Share Image
The federal government overrules state laws where state laws permit medicinal marijuana for people dying of cancer. The federal government goes in… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
A partnership between the federal government and American's small businesses based upon information sharing is critical to ensure the data protection of… — Byron Donalds Copy Share Image
The Seventeenth Amendment serves not the public's interest but the interests of the governing masterminds and their disciples. Its early proponents advanced… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There are twenty-seven specific complaints against the British Crown set forth in the Declaration of Independence. To modern ears they still sound… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Every state and the federal government have laws that protect people from acts of violence, and those laws should be enforced. What… — Lindsey Graham Copy Share Image
I agree that marijuana laws are overdue for an overhaul. I also favor the medical use of marijuana -- if it's prescribed… — Abigail Van Buren Copy Share Image
Millions of Americans were duped by the federal government and the Federal Reserve into buying homes they could not afford and failed… — Mark Skousen Copy Share Image
This was a theme of Sen. Akaka's career - to advocate for people who did not have power, for people who were… — Brian Schatz Copy Share Image
The first outbreak of America's 11-year skyjacking epidemic occurred in the summer of 1961, when four planes were seized in the nation's… — Brendan I. Koerner Copy Share Image
The federal government and our democracy is not a speedboat. It's an oceanliner, as I discovered when I came into office. It… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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For Social Security to be financially sound, the federal government should have $100 trillion - a sum of money six-and-a-half times the… — John C. Goodman Copy Share Image
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