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We have to preserve it and use it sustainably. And the short-term use of resources at the destruction of the long-term heritage of this country is not a policy that we can pursue. Bruce Babbitt

Destruction Country Heritage Resources Pursue Long-Term Policy Short-Term Use Preserve

There is no social program in this country that is as important as a good job that pays well, that gives someone an opportunity to go to work, have some security, have benefits, and take care of their family and have a good life. Byron Dorgan

Life Work Good Family Benefits Opportunity Care Good Job Job Country Important Good Life Security Some Someone Gives Take Take Care Well Go Social Pays Program

Firefighters are essential to the safety and security of our local communities. We owe it to these men and women to provide them with better training and equipment so they can do their jobs more effectively and safely. Carl Levin

Well, if you pick a fight with somebody that's smaller than you and you beat them, where's the honor in that? Carol Moseley Braun

You Fight Honor Somebody Beat Pick Smaller Well Than Them

You can't put abandonment and alienation under arrest. Carrie P. Meek

You Abandonment Alienation Put Arrest

Fifty million Americans have dementia and other brain illnesses. To gather together the minds that exist and see how we can tackle these ailments together, that is the work that is in front of us: to have a map of the human brain, an understanding of the roadways, and an understanding of the traffic on the roadways. Chaka Fattah

The Klan had used fear, intimidation and murder to brutally oppress over African-Americans who sought justice and equality and it sought to respond to the young workers of the civil rights movement in Mississippi in the same way. Charles B. Rangel

Justice Rights Equality Fear Young Way Intimidation Respond Rights Movement Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Brutally Klan Had Over Mississippi Sought Oppress Same Movement Workers Used Who

This federal welfare system is large, fragmented, and growing in cost. This system may have started out with good intentions, but it has become a confusing maze of programs that are overlapping, duplicative, poorly coordinated and difficult to administer. Charles Boustany

As Liberal Democrats and proponents of federalism, we must put our heads above the parapet and recapture and disseminate the true meaning of federalism. We have to win the vocabulary before we succeed in the vision. Charles Kennedy

The way to defeat international terrorism is through international cooperation based on international law, clear intelligence, and a measured and appropriate military response. Charles Kennedy

Terrorism Intelligence Law Military Defeat Appropriate Way Response Through Clear Measured International International Cooperation International Law Cooperation International Terrorism Based

The government's instinct is to shroud itself in secrecy - to act like the office of a president instead of as a collective cabinet government held to account by the elected House of Commons. Charles Kennedy

Government Collective President Secrecy Cabinet Instead Instinct Like House House Of Commons Itself Account Office Commons Elected Held Act Shroud

When human rights are systematically abused, it raises the question whether it may be legitimate in some circumstances for the international community to intervene within individual states as well as in conflicts between states. Charles Kennedy

Rights Community Human Rights Intervene States Circumstances Systematically Some Individual Between Abuse Well Within Question May Human Legitimate Whether Conflicts International International Community Raises

When power is exercised exclusively at the centre, the result is rigidity of rules and alienation of the people subject to those rules. Charles Kennedy

People Result Power Alienation Rules Those Rigidity Subject Centre

The smallest number, with God and truth on their side, are weightier than thousands. Charles Simmons

Truth God Side Thousands Smallest Than Number

It's how you deal with failure that determines how you achieve success. Charlotte Whitton

Success Failure You Achieve Determines Deal How

Man cannot live by incompetence alone. Charlotte Whitton

Alone Man Live Incompetence Cannot

A pessimist is a man who thinks all women are bad. An optimist is one who hopes they are. Chauncey Depew

Man Women Pessimist Bad All Women Hopes Women Are Optimist Who Thinks

Renewable energy has economic advantages that extend beyond steady, predictable electric rates - and Maine is in a good position to capitalize on those opportunities. Chellie Pingree

Good Opportunities Energy Those Steady Rates Economic Maine Advantages Beyond Renewable Renewable Energy Predictable Capitalize Electric Extend Position

We have to reform the entire political process. It's got to start with leadership by example. Chris Gibson

Leadership Political Example Entire Got Political Process Reform Process Start

I believe in the sanctity of human life, from the womb to the tomb. Chris Smith

Life Sanctity Believe Womb Human Human Life Tomb

Within each such social group, a feeling of solidarity prevails, a compelling need to work together and a joy in doing so that represent a high moral value. Christian Lous Lange

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I was praised in the U.S. and heavily, brutally criticized in France. Christine Lagarde

France Criticized Brutally Praised

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