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This always confuses liberals, that conservatives like the military and don't like the bureaucracy. That's because the military has their guns pointed out and the bureaucracy has them pointed in.
Grover Norquist
Military
Conservatives
Liberals
Out
Guns
Pointed
Like
Because
Always
Bureaucracy
Them
Confuses
The question is: How do we reduce spending from 25% of GDP, which is where Obama put us? The focus is on total government spending. Can we bring it down, in a reasonable and politically acceptable way? That's what the Paul Ryan plan does. It puts us on a gradual reform path to reducing the size of government.
Grover Norquist
Government
Path
Focus
Down
Spending
Way
Obama
Total
Put
Puts
Acceptable
Does
How
Reduce
Reducing
Question
Government Spending
Reform
Gradual
Politically
Where
Size
Which
Paul
Paul Ryan
Plan
Us
Reasonable
Bring
Trust cannot be commanded; and yet it is also correct that the only one who earns trust is the one who is prepared to grant trust.
Gustav Heinemann
Trust
Correct
Only
Also
Cannot
Grant
Who
Prepared
The great men of a nation reach out to all mankind. They are unifying, not divisive; internationally conciliating and still great nationally.
Gustav Stresemann
Great
Men
Nation
Out
Great Men
Divisive
Reach
Still
Mankind
Unifying
Internationally
Corruption is a disease, and sometimes it's institutionalized. It takes years to remove it. But I want to remove it.
Haider al-Abadi
Corruption
Sometimes
Remove
Takes
Institutionalized
Years
Disease
Want
We respect the will of our citizens, whether they are Kurds or Arabs or Turkmen, but will not allow an illegal and unconstitutional procedure done under the threat of weapons to yield results.
Haider al-Abadi
Respect
Will
Our
Arabs
Citizens
Weapons
Threat
Results
Allow
Unconstitutional
Kurds
Yield
Done
Procedure
Whether
Illegal
As one of the leading troop-contributing countries, Ethiopia attaches great importance to strengthening the role of United Nations peacekeeping to address challenges to international peace and security.
Hailemariam Desalegn
Great
Peace
Challenges
United Nations
Address
Security
Leading
Countries
Importance
Role
Nations
Ethiopia
International
International Peace
Peacekeeping
United
Strengthening
Republicans believe largely in the market working, Democrats believe stereotypically that you've got to give people something. So why not give people a chance to let the market work for them.
Harold Ford, Jr.
Work
You
People
Believe
Market
Give
Something
Democrats
Got
Republicans
Them
Working
Largely
Why
Why Not
Chance
If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.
Harold MacMillan
God
Good
You
Better
Decency
Believe
Think
Enough
Indecent
Very
Than
Decent
Our concern is to heal. Our concern is to bring together.
Harold Washington
Together
Our
Heal
Concern
Bring
That fallacy flies in the face of studies that show, every day, in every way, things are getting a little worse for America's minorities relative to the progress made by those in the top percentiles of assets and income.
Harold Washington
Day
Every Day
Progress
Made
Face
Every
Relative
Top
Way
Worse
Those
Minorities
Studies
Fallacy
America
Getting
Little
Show
Flies
Income
Assets
Things
Throughout American history many of our social gains and much of our progress toward democracy were made possible by the active intervention of the federal government.
Harold Washington
Government
Democracy
History
Progress
Made
Active
Intervention
Our
Possible
Federal
Throughout
Federal Government
Toward
Were
American
American History
Gains
Social
Much
Many
Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
Harri Holkeri
Rights
Women
Men
Men And Women
Equal
Roles
Different
Burst down those closet doors once and for all, and stand up and start to fight.
Harvey Milk
Fight
Doors
Down
Once
Those
Up
Closet
Burst
Stand
Stand Up
Start
I personally will never forget that people are more important than buildings.
Harvey Milk
People
Will
Important
More
Never
Never Forget
Buildings
Than
Forget
Personally
If you help elect more gay people, that gives a green light to all who feel disenfranchised, a green light to move forward. It means hope to a nation that has given up, because if a gay person makes it, the doors are open to everyone.
Harvey Milk
Hope
Gay
You
People
Light
Nation
Doors
Everyone
Given
More
Gives
Open
Feel
Because
Makes
Up
Green
Person
Green Light
Disenfranchised
Move
The Doors
Move Forward
Elect
Means
Help
Who
Forward
I stand for all those who feel that the government no longer understands the individual and no longer respects individual rights.
Harvey Milk
Government
Rights
Those
Respects
Individual
Individual Rights
Feel
Longer
Understands
Stand
Who
I stand for simple justice, equal opportunity and human rights. The indispensable elements in a democratic society - and well worth fighting for.
Helen Suzman
Justice
Rights
Worth
Simple
Opportunity
Fighting
Human Rights
Society
Indispensable
Equal
Democratic
Equal Opportunity
Well
Democratic Society
Human
Stand
Elements
German and European unification are two sides of the same coin.
Helmut Kohl
Sides
German
Same
Unification
European
Two
Coin
In a democracy, if you don't get the votes, nothing else is possible, no matter how wonderful your dreams.
Helmut Kohl
Dreams
Democracy
You
Wonderful
Matter
Nothing
Else
Possible
Votes
How
Get
Your
Your Dreams
Well, we have a crisis along the Mexican border right now, a state of emergency as declared by a bipartisan group of Texas House members just last fall. You know, we've had almost 200,000 OTMs - the government categorizes OT 'other, other than Mexicans' - along the Mexican border.
Henry Bonilla
Government
You
Fall
Group
Other
State
Crisis
Members
Border
Emergency
Had
Almost
Along
Know
House
Well
Texas
Mexican
Mexicans
Than
Just
Now
Right
Last
Bipartisan
But again, to dealing with border security, is an issue that - it's like having a fire in the back of your house that you need to put out first before you talk about who, who you're going to let in the front door.
Henry Bonilla
You
Fire
First
Before
Back
Out
Security
Border
Border Security
About
Having
Put
Like
Talk
House
Dealing
Issue
Front
Going
Front Door
Door
Again
Your
Who
Need
This organization is created to prevent you from going to hell. It isn't created to take you to heaven.
Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr.
You
Organization
Hell
Prevent
Take
Going
Heaven
Created
New England has a harsh climate, a barren soil, a rough and stormy coast, and yet we love it, even with a love passing that of dwellers in more favored regions.
Henry Cabot Lodge
Love
Soil
Harsh
Favored
More
New
New England
Climate
Passing
Stormy
Regions
Coast
England
Barren
Even
Rough
As all of us with any involvement in sports knows, no two umpires or no two referees have the same strike zone or call the same kind of a basketball game.
Herb Kohl
Game
Sports
Strike
Kind
Involvement
Call
Knows
Umpires
Same
Any
Us
Zone
Two
Basketball
We have to knock down the barriers erected by greed, special interests, powerful forces.
Hillary Clinton
Greed
Down
Powerful
Knock
Forces
Interests
Special
Barriers
Special Interests
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