Safety nets for the poor and disadvantaged are a must for any compassionate nation, but encouraging folks to go on the dole when not absolutely necessary is disgraceful.
BILL O'REILLYOur philosophy is we call it as we see it. Sometimes you agree, sometimes you don’t. Robust debate is good.
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If I’m the president of the United States, I walk right into Union Square, I set up my little presidential podium, and I say, ‘Listen, citizens of San Francisco, if you vote against military recruiting, you’re not going to get another nickel in federal funds.
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If you the American citizen leave a child in a hot car and that child was harmed by that you will be charged with negligence even if your action was unintentional.
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No matter how much evidence we uncover about this case or any others involving Mr. Clinton, millions of Americans simply will not care – they will excuse the corruption because they like Bill Clinton.
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My father firmly embraced the Ralph Kramden philosophy: he was king of his Levittown castle. He worked hard, and his family deferred to his wishes. Except me. I did not defer and was disciplined accordingly.
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Donald Trump so far is sending a signal that he’s going to run the government like his business and maybe that’s going to work. It’s a new approach but there’s no doubt that he wants to run this as one continuing negotiation.
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It’s very difficult to pin down the President of the United States without subpoena powers.
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I like Barack Obama as a person and I think he is a sincere man. I think he and his wife conducted themselves magnificently in the White House. There’s not a better role model for American kids to watch Barack and Michelle Obama, so all of that is off-the-chart positive.
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I support civil unions, I always have. All right, the gay marriage thing, I don’t feel that strongly about it one way or the other.
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Money has not changed me. I am living proof. I’m worse than I was, all right, when I was poor. I don’t care about money. Money – you can’t buy me. And I don’t care about it.
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America is a place where you can succeed no matter who you are. I am proof of that. But you must work very hard and be willing to endure pain.
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Hanks is a good man, and he produced the “John Adams” series as well. He does good work. But I’m more worried about a Tom Hanks when we’re at war against radical Islam than I am against a caricature like Sean Penn. He’s a completely marginalized soul.
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Our philosophy is we call it as we see it. Sometimes you agree, sometimes you don’t. Robust debate is good.
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We do know that the Bandido gang in Houston does drug deal. There are a bunch of people being convicted for heavyweight narcotics trafficking from the gang.
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There are a lot of very brilliant scholars who believe the reason we have incomplete science on evolution is that there is a higher power involved in this.
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At the end of the day, every child has learned the Lesson of Spin: Almost every wrong action can be stripped of consequences, along with the need for feelings of guilt and remorse.
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It’s just that who he’s negotiating with that changes and he believes that he can impose better deals and the United States with benefit from them.
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The government cannot overcome bad parenting. What our leaders can do is publicly condemn irresponsible parental behavior in vivid terms.
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Anything that hinders a favorable view of the far left will be ignored; anything that advances liberal causes will be celebrated. News reporting today is largely about ideology and shaping the culture, not about informing the public.
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Jobs that cannot be delivered must never be promised. It’s unfair to raise people’s hopes that way.
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I would be rewarded after death. Those beliefs, sincerely held, can get a human being through many hard times.
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I know the constitution in Oregon was passed in 1859. Free expression of opinion.
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That’s my real message: I work very hard. We’re an honest presentation, we try to give people entertainment and information at the same time, and it’s working. I don’t see any need for big drastic changes in our presentation.
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I believe that inside many Americans lies certain uneasiness about capital punishment.
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I was an advocate of the deregulation movement and I made – along with a lot of other smart people – a fundamental mistake.
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It (broadcast journalism) is a brutal arena where the knives are sharp and the toughest Kevlar vest in the world will not protect you forever.
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If you’re gay, you’re gay. It’s my Dennis Miller theory of homosexuality shot through the movie “Boy and the Dolphin.”
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