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Being gay isn't something you choose, but you do face choices about whether and how to discuss it. Pete Buttigieg

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Being attentive to the things that add meaning to our lives alongside politics will help us inform our politics with the values that really do make America great. Pete Buttigieg

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We need to consider a financial transactions tax. And we need to ask whether the top marginal tax rates are really appropriate, given that the effective tax rates paid by the wealthy are often actually lower than those paid by the rest of us. Pete Buttigieg

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The first news event I understood as a small child was the loss of the space shuttle Challenger, which President Reagan eloquently mourned from the Oval that evening. Pete Buttigieg

I have said democracy and freedom do not work too well if you are hungry, if you are starving. Pete Domenici

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We were environmentalists of the Teddy Roosevelt theory. We believed in separation of church and state. We believed in the independence of the Supreme Court not being subject to politicians. Pete McCloskey

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Franklin Roosevelt had to govern at a time of crisis. If you're going to make changes in the way a nation thinks, you have to have the ability to take the crisis of the moment and use it to shape an agenda. Pete du Pont

I'm a fighter, not a quitter. Peter Mandelson

Fighter Quitter

It seems that, every several months, you have to expect there is going to be a terrorist incident or that there could be a terrorist incident somewhere. Right away, you're thinking, 'What are the consequences? Is this the first part of a larger attack? Is it coordinated, or a lone wolf?' Peter T. King

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There's a tendency in politics to attribute bad motivation much too quickly, and the sooner you attribute bad motivation to someone you disagree with, the harder it is to find some common ground to make some progress that would give people confidence that you got it more right than wrong. Peter Welch

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As my dad said, you have an obligation to leave the world better than how you found it. And he also reminded us to be givers in this life, and not takers. Phil Crane

Life You Obligation World Better Givers He Takers Reminded Also Said How Leave Than Us Dad Found

A rising tide lifts all boats, and you have to start with job creation. We will never get there until we replace all these jobs that have been lost. Phil Gingrey

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Christianity and Judaism have gone through the laundromat of humanism and enlightenment, but that is not the case with Islam. Pim Fortuyn

Islam Gone Christianity Case Through Judaism Humanism Enlightenment

In Holland, homosexuality is treated the same way as heterosexuality. In what Islamic country does that happen? Pim Fortuyn

Country Heterosexuality Way Islamic Does Same Happen Holland Homosexuality Treated

Corruption is the by-product of discretion when there is scope for interpretation of policies. Piyush Goyal

Corruption Interpretation Policies Scope Discretion By-Product

Ramifications of small decisions can be pretty large. Piyush Goyal

Ramifications Pretty Small Decisions Large

I am innocent of the blood of this just person; see ye to it. Pontius Pilate

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I like to have my cup of green tea. Pramila Jayapal

Tea Like Cup Green

I should have forfeited my own self-respect, and perhaps the good opinion of my countrymen, if I had failed to resent such an injury by calling the offender in question to a personal account. Preston Brooks

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The role of the federal government should be neutral toward culture just as it is toward religion. Preston Manning

Government Religion Culture Federal Federal Government Neutral Toward Role Just Should

There are more effective ways of tackling environmental problems including global warming, proliferation of plastics, urban sprawl, and the loss of biodiversity than by treaties, top-down regulations, and other approaches offered by big governments and their dependents. Preston Manning

Environmental Problems Big Other Approaches Ways Proliferation Tackling More Environmental Problems Global Global Warming Loss Effective Governments Offered Than Urban Warming Regulations Including Biodiversity Treaties

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