- Nov 07, 2020
Government Quotes
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- Nov 07, 2020
But here too it should be noted that the President's approach was to first ask the repressive and brutal Taliban to surrender Osama bin Laden to us, and only after that government refused to do that did we invade.
- Nov 07, 2020
Family responsibility, yes, and always. Family bankruptcy due to the cruel rules of government, no.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Parents today are under a lot of stress, sometimes working two jobs just to make ends meet. They're trying to find day care for their kids and elder care for their own parents. The Federal Government shouldn't add to their worries by not living up to its obligations.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
No more distressing moment can ever face a British government than that which requires it to come to a hard, fast and specific decision.
- Criticisms
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- Nov 07, 2020
While there are perfectly legitimate criticisms that one can make of Israel or the actions of its government - and I have never been shy about making them - those criticisms cross the line into anti-Semitism when they ascribe evil, almost supernatural powers to Israel in a manner that replicates classic anti-Semitic slanders.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We cannot improve on the system of government handed down to us by the founders of the Republic. There is no way to improve upon that. But what we can do is to find new ways to implement that system and realize our destiny.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
A government is invigorated when each of us is willing to participate in shaping the future of this nation.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the people cannot trust their government to do the job for which it exists - to protect them and to promote their common welfare - all else is lost.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's time to fundamentally change the way that we do business in Washington. To help build a new foundation for the 21st century, we need to reform our government so that it is more efficient, more transparent, and more creative. That will demand new thinking and a new sense of responsibility for every dollar that is spent.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And that's just not what the founders intended.
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Saudi government's denial of basic rights to women is not only wrong, it hurts Saudi Arabia's economic development, modernization and prosperity.
- Economic Problems
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- Nov 07, 2020
Another example of that was that even during the economic problems of the 1945 government, we managed to carry out other aspects of our policy and other ideals. Through the establishment of national parks, for instance.
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- Nov 07, 2020
It might have been offset for us if the revenue from our own oil and natural gas that was just developing had been available to the Labor Government, but the oil revenues were just coming in when Labor fell in '79.
- Chinese Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
In 1995, the Chinese government picked a 6-year-old child to succeed the Panchen Lama, the second highest figure in Tibetan Buddhism.
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- Nov 07, 2020