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Alan K. Simpson Quotes
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Alan K. Simpson
American
Politician
Born:
Sep 2
,
1931
Gay
Money
Nation
People
Prison
You
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If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity, nothing else matters.
Alan K. Simpson
You
Integrity
Matters
Nothing
Else
There is no 'slippery slope' toward loss of liberties, only a long staircase where each step downward must first be tolerated by the American people and their leaders.
Alan K. Simpson
People
Long
First
Liberties
Slippery
Slippery Slope
Must
Slope
Only
Step
Leaders
Toward
Loss
American
Where
Staircase
American People
Tolerated
Each
Downward
When a young person is sent 'up the river,' we need to remember that all rivers can change course.
Alan K. Simpson
Change
Remember
Young
River
Rivers
Course
Up
Person
Young Person
Sent
Need
My parole officer always believed in my capacity for redemption, even when my actions did not inspire confidence.
Alan K. Simpson
Confidence
Inspire
Parole
Redemption
Always
Officer
Did
Capacity
Actions
Even
Believed
An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.
Alan K. Simpson
Education
Thoughts
Man
Style
Paper
Thoroughly
Tries
Some
Give
Himself
Educated
His
Against
Thinks
Humbug
Speech
It was not until my 20s that I began to creep toward maturity.
Alan K. Simpson
Maturity
Toward
Until
Began
Creep
America's Founders were committed to a wide-open public forum in which all voices and perspectives could have a chance of being heard.
Alan K. Simpson
Voices
Could
Were
Heard
America
Committed
Being
Which
Public
Public Forum
Perspectives
Forum
Founders
Chance
Without the confidence to know our democracy is functioning properly, we risk more disillusionment, more cynicism, and even more public apathy toward the entire system.
Alan K. Simpson
Democracy
Confidence
Our
System
Entire
Properly
Risk
More
Toward
Know
Without
Disillusionment
Public
Apathy
Cynicism
Even
He has to do the heavy lifting and the windows and the wash, and also protect the president.
Alan K. Simpson
President
Windows
Lifting
He
Protect
Also
Heavy
Wash
Rather than serving in the U.S. Senate for almost 20 years or having so many other wonderful life experiences, I could have served a longer sentence in prison for some of the stupid, reckless things I did as a teenager.
Alan K. Simpson
Life
Wonderful
Stupid
Prison
Other
Teenager
Reckless
Some
Life Experiences
Rather
Having
Could
Almost
Longer
Years
Than
Wonderful Life
Senate
Did
Experiences
Sentence
Many
Served
Things
Serving
As a lifelong Republican who served in the Army in Germany, I believe it is critical that we review - and overturn - the ban on gay service in the military. I voted for 'don't ask, don't tell.' But much has changed since 1993. My thinking shifted when I read that the military was firing translators because they are gay.
Alan K. Simpson
Service
Gay
Army
Military
Believe
Thinking
Changed
Tell
Critical
Lifelong
Firing
Since
Voted
Read
Because
Shifted
Review
Ban
Overturn
Germany
Republican
Ask
Much
Who
Served
In World War II, a British mathematician named Alan Turing led the effort to crack the Nazis' communication code. He mastered the complex German enciphering machine, helping to save the world, and his work laid the basis for modern computer science. Does it matter that Turing was gay?
Alan K. Simpson
Work
War
Gay
Science
Communication
World
Matter
Computer Science
Save The World
Machine
Complex
Computer
He
Named
Mastered
Does
His
Led
Mathematician
German
Crack
Effort
Modern
Laid
Helping
Code
Alan
World War
Basis
British
World War II
Save
Since 1993, 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' is an artificial category when it comes to measuring a man or woman's on-the-job performance or commitment to shared goals. It says little about the person.
Alan K. Simpson
Gay
Man
Woman
Commitment
Goals
Rich
Lesbian
Says
About
Had
Shared
Performance
Since
Come
Category
Openly
Knowing
Person
American
Artificial
Little
Realize
Working
Measuring
Many
Satisfaction
Before holding elective office - 12 years in the Wyoming House of Representatives and 18 years in the U.S. Senate - I served a different type of time. I was on probation for a federal offense committed as a teenager.
Alan K. Simpson
Time
Before
Holding
Type
Teenager
Federal
House
House Of Representatives
Years
Offense
Office
Senate
Committed
Probation
Representatives
Different
Elective
Different Type
Served
The Republican Party I represented proudly for 18 years did not shy away from taking on special-interest money when it conflicted with constituents' needs.
Alan K. Simpson
Needs
Money
Party
Constituents
Taking
Proudly
Years
Did
Republican
Republican Party
Away
Shy
Money's dominance over politics isn't merely one problem of many our country faces. It is the problem! It is a growing crisis that prevents us from tackling anything else.
Alan K. Simpson
Politics
Problem
Money
Country
Else
Our
Crisis
Tackling
Faces
Prevents
Merely
Over
Dominance
Anything
Anything Else
Us
Many
Growing
The AARP is a group of 3.8 million Americans bound together by a common love of airline discounts and insurance discounts.
Alan K. Simpson
Love
Together
Group
Airline
Bound
Insurance
American
Common
Million
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