"Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom……" — Charles Schumer
"Giving up even an ounce of precious freedom is a very serious thing to do."
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63 Quotes by Charles Schumer
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We've come to a basic agreement, which is that first, people will be legalized. In other words, not citizens, but…
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No one believed [the 1986 amnesty for illegal aliens] was tough enough on illegal immigration, and it didn't give enough…
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Unfortunately, the administration's plan is an ounce of cure for a pound of problems.
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Our borders are much too porous...We want to keep them open, but we also have to be much more careful.…
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This bill [Immigration Reform and Control act of 1986] is a gamble, a riverboat gamble. There is no guarantee that…
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I think on this issue more than any other we're going to see sort of a bipartisan longing to get…
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I'm not sure we will have every single Democrat ... but we want a large number of Republicans to be…
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All we ask for is registration, just like we do for cars.
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We're going to hammer guns on the anvil of relentless legislative strategy! We're going to beat guns into submission!
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We're here to tell the NRA their nightmare is true...
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I think we could be at a tipping point
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I respect people who feel things passionately. I do. But when someone is a judge, that is not what they…
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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No cause is left but the most ancient of all, the one, in fact, that from the beginning of our…
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Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always…
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It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
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Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers.
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To criticize a person for their race is manifestly irrational and ridiculous, but to criticize their religion, that is a…
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