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The debt-ceiling vote isn't about what will be done in the future; it is about the integrity of America's commitment to support… — John Sununu Copy Share Image
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I take great solace in the fact that Donald Trump lost the popular vote. Hillary Clinton got over 2.5 million more votes… — Barbara Boxer Copy Share Image
How did the party that elected the first black U.S. senator, the party that elected the first 20 African American congressmen, become… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
Every election, roughly half the population votes Democrat and the other half votes Republican. Now, I understand why the Republicans get one… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
When a democracy reaches a point where the politicians cannot say no to the people, and both parties are competing for votes… — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
At the Oscars, if you didn't vote for '12 Years a Slave,' you were a racist. You have to be very careful… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
Why not allow patrons to comment on directors' decisions, vote on costume design, listen to dancers' conversations, volunteer to help out in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Those labeled felons may be denied the right to vote, are automatically excluded from juries, and may be legally discriminated against in… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
Since felons are subsequently disfranchised, the US now has 1.75 million people disqualified from voting because of their criminality- 1.4 million black… — Jeremy Seabrook Copy Share Image
George W. Bush, 43rd president of the United States, became the first incumbent president to increase his majority in both the Senate… — Peggy Noonan Copy Share Image
Let us not be unmindful that liberty is power, that the nation blessed with the largest portion of liberty must in proportion… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
I make no secret of the fact that I was not a big Hillary Clinton supporter, but I thought in the two-way… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
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We have a huge struggle for our sense of what a democracy is. We're not living in reality when we think we… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
Incidentally, the next time some war-mongering wise-ass tries to tell you that one reason we're in the Middle East is to enhance… — L. Neil Smith Copy Share Image
A federal bailout would spare California from having to make spending cuts needed to bring its budget into balance. The matter has… — Peter Schiff Copy Share Image
Filibusters should require 35 senators to... make a commitment to continually debate an issue in reality, not just in theory. The number… — Evan Bayh Copy Share Image
In 1964, I tried to convince my grandfather, who was active in the New York City firefighters union, to vote for Barry… — Joe Lhota Copy Share Image
Here is the most important thing for us all to remember, for the sake of our common sanity and safety: In America,… — Ana Navarro Copy Share Image
The truth is there are people who are quite informed who still vote against their interests. I would argue that, as a… — Marc Lamont Hill Copy Share Image
A good ad is one simple idea, with humanity in it, that connects with consumers, that represents the value system of a… — Donny Deutsch Copy Share Image
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Slavery is but half abolished, emancipation is but half completed, while millions of freemen with votes in their hands are left without… — Robert Charles Winthrop Copy Share Image
I don't speak out because I am an actor nor will I keep silent because I am an actor. I respect my… — Theodore Bikel Copy Share Image
Indiana was really, I suppose, a Democratic State. It has always been put down in the book as a state that might… — Chester A. Arthur Copy Share Image
How to get people to vote against their interests and to really think against their interests is very clever. It's the cleverest… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
The senators are clearly willing to incur your wrath at reelection time. They would much rather do that than deal with whatever… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Sometime in the near future we'll have a vote on repealing Obamacare, essentially the same vote that we had in 2015. I… — Mitch McConnell Copy Share Image
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We have each had the experience of others reacting to us; often there seems to be no logic to it. But in… — Stuart Wilde Copy Share Image
I see the God complex around me all the time in my fellow economists. I see it in our business leaders. I… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
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In the United States, except for slaves, servants and the destitute fed by townships, everyone has the vote and this is an… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
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Everybody has the right to marry the person they love and be represented as a couple and family... It's something that people… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
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