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Bank failures are caused by depositors who don't deposit enough money to cover losses due to mismanagement.
I will end the lawlessness that's destroying our environment. I will take polluters to court, not to lunch.
Self-Criticism is the secret weapon of democracy, and candor and confession are good for the political soul.
There are skeptics who do not come to their view because they have a source of income from carbon polluters.
I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; "consistent" is not one of them.
I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I'd see.
I can think of a lot of words to describe Senator Kerry's position on Iraq; 'consistent' is not one of them.
The European brand of fascism will probably present its most serious postwar threat to us via Latin America.
Man is a strange animal, he doesn't like to read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
My friends, no matter how rough the road may be, we can and we will, never, never surrender to what is right.
The Middle East with two thirds of the world's oil and lowest cost, is still where the prize ultimately lies.
Life's unfairness is not irrevocable; we can help balance the scales for others, if not always for ourselves.
We can not expect to breed respect for law and order among people who do not share the fruits of our freedom.
Asking Senator Fulbright's advice on foreign policy is like asking the Boston Strangler to massage your neck.
The lessons of the past are ignored and obliterated in a contemporary antagonism known as the generation gap.
Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow. Delay may give clearer light as to what is best to be done.
Never do today what you can do tomorrow, because something may occur to make you regret your premature action.
To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.
Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it.
The hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
A lot of people go straight from denial to despair without pausing in the middle and doing something about it.
It isn't pollution that's harming the environment. It's the impurities in our air and water that are doing it.
I'm not apologetic with respect to the policies of the Bush administration. I think we basically got it right.
There are not enough jails, not enough police, not enough courts to enforce a law not supported by the people.
I have always been fascinated with those who try to look over the horizon and see things that are coming at us.
I'm not trying to top anything. I'm trying to be useful, to play a positive role, to serve the public interest.
The ten hottest years in the atmospheric record, going back only 160 years, have been in the last eleven years.
The bottom line is that we've had enormous successes (in Iraq) and we will continue to have enormous successes.
We are in danger of making our cities places where business goes on but where life, in its real sense, is lost.
Maybe this Watergate is like the Old Testament. It was visited upon us and maybe were going to benefit from it.
Confronted with a choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
Junkies find veins in their toes when the veins in their arms collapse. Developing tars sands is the equivalent.
We should develop anti-satellite weapons because we could not have prevailed without them in 'Red Storm Rising'.
The rapid rise of the People's Republic of China as a military and economic power is challenging the status quo.
I wake up every morning literally with a smile on my face, grateful for another day I never thought I would see.
After four years at the United Nations I sometimes yearn for the peace and tranquility of a political convention.
The catastrophe now threatening us is unprecedented - and we often confuse the unprecedented with the improbable.
The leadership for civil rights has to take place in the White House or it is going to take place in the streets.
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb.
You have got to be careful quoting Ronald Reagan, because when you quote him accurately it is called mudslinging.
There is a spiritual hunger in the world today - and it cannot be satisfied by better cars on longer credit terms.
In digital era, privacy must be a priority. Is it just me, or is secret blanket surveillance obscenely outrageous?
There are lots more people in the House. I don't know exactly - I've never counted, but at least a couple hundred.
I think the decision that's been made with respect to allowing gays to serve openly in the military is a good one.
It is no coincidence that the growth of modern tyrants has in every case been heralded by the growth of prejudice.
The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.
I've traveled more this year than any other living human being, and if I'd traveled any more I wouldn't be living.
Your public servants serve you right; indeed often they serve you better than your apathy and indifference deserve.