Disruption never helps your cause. … It just looks like you’re afraid to have rational discussion.
BARNEY FRANKThere is an irony that the most active anti-gay groups are Al-Qaeda and the American Right wing.
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The left and the right live in parallel universes. The right listens to talk radio, the left’s on the Internet and they just reinforce one another. They have no sense of reality. I have now one ambition: to retire before it becomes essential to tweet.
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A leader can`t move a country that`s not ready. You can`t make the waves, but when you see them coming, you can help direct them.
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Increasing inequality in income distribution in this country has broader policy implications, and there is also the growing problem of perverse incentives that result from executives receiving grossly disproportionate compensation based on decisions they themselves take.
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There is an irony that the most active anti-gay groups are Al-Qaeda and the American Right wing.
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The issue is not that morals be applied to public policy, it’s that conservatives bring public policy to spheres of our lives where it should not enter.
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NATO was a wonderful idea. It was formed in 1949. We are as far away from NATO as NATO was when it was done in time from the presidency of Grover Cleveland.
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I don’t think Donald Trump is the right person because I very much disagree with him.
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I believe it is a good thing to get rid of Gaddafi. But does America have to do everything?
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But when others suggested that the poor should not simply be the objects of these programs but also the subjects – that they should be actively involved in shaping the programs, making decisions about how to spend the money etc. – some of the previous supporters reconsidered.
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Whenever people are being intellectually dishonest in debate, it is an implicit concession they have lost the fight
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For most of my life, I have eaten to deal with stress.
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The Moral Majority supports legislators who oppose abortions but also oppose child nutrition and day care. From their perspective, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
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And I think there is too much bloviating around from politicians.
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The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.
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The public is ready now for a safety net for the middle class, something not just for the poor, but for everyone who will need help, from time to time, in order to own a home, educate their kids, keep themselves healthy or have something to retire on.
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