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I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people. Earl Butz

People Made Talks Lots Challenged

I realize that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone. Edith Cavell

Patriotism Bitterness Hatred Enough Must Towards Anyone Realize

The University conceives of itself as dedicated to the power of the intellect. Its commitment is to the way of reason. Edward Levi

Commitment Power Way Intellect Itself Dedicated Reason University

As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in opposition to this wisdom or passion, a memory of received values. Edward Levi

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The implication that everyone would have to accept its judgments uncritically, that it was a decision from which there could be no appeal, was astonishing. Edwin Meese

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The federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act passed unanimously in the House, won 97 votes in the Senate, and was signed into law by President Bill Clinton. Twenty states have passed their own versions of this law, and 11 additional ones have religious-liberty protections that state courts have interpreted to provide a similar level of protection. Edwin Meese

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In the course of his ongoing crusade for Medicaid expansion, Ohio governor John Kasich has suggested that Ronald Reagan, Saint Peter, and God Himself all would support his plan to accept Obamacare's Medicaid expansion. Edwin Meese

To restore the American experiment in democratic self-government, religious believers need to redouble their civic efforts. For without our active participation in politics, the government will continue to trample on our rights. The Constitution does not prevent people of faith from being active in politics. Edwin Meese

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Pastors can lead the way in motivating the faithful to wise stewardship of their citizenship responsibilities. Without a healthy culture and civil society, limited government and ordered liberty will be impossible. Edwin Meese

Government Wise Culture Liberty Impossible Will Faithful Limited Government Healthy Society Way Responsibilities Citizenship Civil Civil Society Lead Stewardship Without Limited Motivating Pastors Ordered

The 1986 act didn't turn illegal immigrants into citizens on the spot. It granted temporary resident status only to those who could prove they had resided continuously in America for five years. After 18 months, their status could be upgraded to permanent residency, and only after another five years could they become U.S. citizens. Edwin Meese

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A written constitution guides and directs the application of law in a way utterly unlike oral guidance. It reminds us that the certainty and consistency of legal application is essential. Edwin Meese

Constitution Legal Guidance Law Consistency Unlike Way Guides Written Reminds Oral Essential Us Certainty Utterly Application

Democracy demands that judges confine themselves to a narrow sphere of influence - that is why the late Alexander Bickel called the judiciary the 'Least Dangerous Branch.' In a world governed by a proper conception of their role, judges don't play at being legislators - they leave that job to our elected representatives. Edwin Meese

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Unquestionably, it was going to be highly dangerous. Yet I felt it was quite natural to jump at the task. After all, if you don't like action and excitement, you don't go into police work. And, what the hell, I figured, nobody lives forever! Eliot Ness

Rising student-loan debt is an economic emergency. Elizabeth Warren

Emergency Rising Economic Debt

In the 1960s, a minimum wage job would keep a family of three afloat. Elizabeth Warren

Family Job Three Minimum Minimum Wage Would Wage Afloat Keep

I got married at 19 and graduated from a commuter college in Texas that cost $50 a semester. The way I see it, I'm a janitor's daughter who became a public school teacher, a professor, and a United States Senator. America is truly a country of opportunity! Elizabeth Warren

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If the notion on this is we're going to elect somebody to the United States Senate so they can be the 100th least senior person in there and be polite, and somewhere in their fourth or fifth year do some bipartisan bill that nobody cares about, don't vote for me. Elizabeth Warren

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I was a Republican because I thought that those were the people who best supported markets. I think that is not true anymore. I was a Republican at a time when I felt like there was a problem that the markets were under a lot more strain. It worried me whether or not the government played too activist a role. Elizabeth Warren

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Other countries around the world make employees and retirees first in the priority. For example, in Mexico, the bankruptcy laws say if a company wants to go bankrupt... obligations to employees and retirees will have a first priority. That has an effect on every negotiation that takes place with every company in Mexico. Elizabeth Warren

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Everyone would like the world always to be in bubble times. But that doesn't happen. Elizabeth Warren

World Everyone Would Bubble Like Always Times Happen

I was in a high school where everybody was a click better off. Elizabeth Warren

Better School Everybody High High School Better Off Click Off Where

Consumers get used to reading and understanding their credit card contracts, their mortgages, their check overdraft agreements, those are good things. That puts power back in the hands of consumers. Elizabeth Warren

It is not good not to have health insurance; that leaves the family very vulnerable. Elizabeth Warren

Health Good Family Vulnerable Health Insurance Insurance Leaves Very

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