Alan K. Simpson Quotes

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• Every time one of us starts talking about more effective immigration controls, somebody else throws up the Statue of Liberty, how we're a nation of…
• It is a travesty, in my mind, for the state and local governments on the one hand to expect the Federal government to reimburse them…
• Nonetheless, GAO's conclusion that employer sanctions had somehow caused employment discrimination was contradicted by GAO's own Chief of Methodology, who criticized the GAO report. ...here…
• So let us take our fair share of the true refugees and act responsible as a government in providing for their necessary expenses. Let us…
• There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberty, only a long staircase where each step down must first be tolerated by the American people…
• The word liberal distinguishes whatever nourishes the mind and spirit from the training which is merely practical or professional or from the trivialities which are…
• I consider abortion to be a deeply personal and intimate issue for women and I don't believe male legislators should even vote on the issue.
• Those who travel the high road of humility are not troubled by heavy traffic.
• Any education that matters is liberal. All the saving truths, all the healing graces that distinguish a good education from a bad one or a…
• Reagan didn't put anything off the table, if he felt it was for the good of the American people to tweak the tax system.
• If you torture statistics long enough, they'll eventually confess the truth
• People tend to stay at home and eat a home-cooked meal. There are three days that are really slow for restaurants - Thanksgiving, Christmas and…
• I have had the rich satisfaction of knowing and working with many openly gay and lesbian Americans, and I have come to realize that "gay"…
• I look forward to the day when I can be Republican again. I'm an Alan Simpson Republican.
• If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
• An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.
• He's a million rubber bands in his resilience.
• Grandchildren now don't write a thank you for the Christmas presents. They are walking on their pants with their cap on backward, listening to the…
• You were doing a sadistic little disservice to your country.
• He has to do the heavy lifting and the windows and the wash, and also protect the president.

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