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Farmers were always generalists. They had to know science and commerce and all sorts of practical things.
Women have helped shape our world, yet still do not receive the recognition and compensation they deserve.
If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.
My work in the House of Representatives, at this time in my life, is completed. It is time to return home.
The American people want peace. They have long since ceased to talk of a hard or a soft peace for Germany.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity. They seem more afraid of life than death.
Democrats and Republicans love Israel and all of us care about the existential threat to Israel from Iran.
The Republican majority will stop at nothing to prevent access to the legal system for those who are hurt.
Doctors cannot afford to provide care at the rate of reimbursement that Medicare insists that they accept.
If a liberal were to attack Justice Clarence Thomas on the grounds that he's black, we would all go crazy.
If you get involved in a controversy, then that becomes the mesmerizing event that people remember you by.
The border patrol gave us a list of the diseases that they're concerned about, and Ebola was one of those.
Republican control of the Senate = expanded neocon wars in Syria and Iraq. Boots on the ground are coming!
Why is it that some people, you know, think we should obey the Constitution sometimes and not other times.
I'm not resigning, and I'm going to try very hard to go back to work a better man and a better husband too.
And one of the most important values of Barack Obama is that he will always level with the American people.
U.S. economic prosperity is closely tied to the availability of a reliable and affordable supply of energy.
In fact, Social Security is the only source of income nationwide for 29 percent of unmarried elderly women.
There's no deep bench there, Mahmoud Abbas is, I think, the best leader of the Palestinians we could field.
I don't want to consider myself a TV5 favorite, but it's a blessing that I have more shows than the others.
The time has come to tell the truth about the corruption of the government employee unions in this country.
This funding from the National Endowment for the Arts has been like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.
The vaunted Democratic stimulus bill has failed to stimulate anything other than a few federal bureaucrats.
You don't have a right to a house, you don't have a right to a job, you don't have a right to medical care.
Do they think if we destroy our freedoms for the terrorists they will no longer have a reason to attack us?
If you have ever been robbed by a black teen-aged male, you know how unbelievably fleet-footed they can be.
If you improve your education system, there's no telling what kind of businesses you'll be able to attract.
We can not underestimate the potential harm North Korea's capabilities can cause for the rest of the world.
I do not believe that the federal government should treat adults who choose to smoke marijuana as criminals.
When you are pulling people out of the water and off of rooftops, there are no Republicans and no Democrats.
The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival.
What I said was: We want everybody to learn English because we don't want - I didn't use the word 'Spanish.'
Banning guns because of their misuse is like banning the First Amendment because one might libel or slander.
Congress, even with its frustrations, is the greatest instrument for justice and human welfare in the world.
The Supreme Court and courts in general have been usurping the role of the legislative branch of government.
We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care.
There is a correlation between people who attack same-sex marriage and have difficulty maintaining their own.
Our hope is we move beyond denial and into debate... If we cleaned up the air, would it really be bad for us?
Our pre-9/11 gun laws allow our enemies in the War on Terror to arm themselves right here in our own country.
In addition, there is one title I cherish a great deal more than Congressman and that is the title of... Dad.
Western concepts of ownership and privatization came in and clashed with that. So land began to be exchanged.
Facts are, insurance ratings are really dependent on the notion that some people are higher risk than others.
I am not a career politician, even though this is my 12th year in the United States House of Representatives.
We need a smaller and elite military, as [Donald]Rumsfeld said - and also a smaller and elite foreign policy.
Not only is privatizing Social Security not the solution to Social Security, it would exacerbate the problem.
Governor is not the position to have in Oklahoma. It is the head coach of Oklahoma or Oklahoma State or Tulsa.
To say America can have strong leadership without strong character is to say we can get water without the wet.
Free nations of the world cannot allow Taiwan, a beacon of democracy, to be subdued by an authoritarian China.
I see the policy of opposing same-sex marriages or unions, whatever you call it, as bigotry or discrimination.
In this life and death case, I felt Mrs. Schiavo should receive the fullest due process from our legal system.