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Take free speech: most of the tough cases on free speech involve very unpleasant people saying very obnoxious things.

Barney Frank

Ridicule is about the most powerful weapon possible.
BARNEY FRANK

Politics Powerful Weapons
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.
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Firsts Government President
We all have the right to call each other names. Rudeness is a deeply held constitutional value.
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Name Rudeness Values
Going before an audience of people who expect you to be funny is tough. Going before an audience that expect you to be boring, and then being a little funny, is much easier. I prefer easier.
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Littles People Tough
I can tell you about health care and also about the financial reform bill. The Barack Obama, the President personally and his administration officials at his direction were very much involved.
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Care Financial President
I am very proud of the role I played in getting legal equality for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, and in helping get rid of the prejudice by being visible about it, helping to block the conviction of Bill Clinton of impeachment.
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Bisexual Block Gay
I do not think that any self-respecting radical in history would have considered advocating people’s rights to get married, join the Army, and earn a living as a terribly inspiring revolutionary platform.
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Army Rights Thinking
But it is also clear that left entirely untouched by public policy, the capitalist system will produce more inequality than is socially healthy or than is necessary for maximum efficiency.
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Efficiency Healthy Produce
While I was pleasantly surprised by the relatively high number of jobs created in April, the fact is that job creation during this recovery period has significantly lagged both historical experience in recovery, and the projections of the Bush Administration.
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Jobs Numbers Recovery
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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Home Kids Order
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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Country Decision Receiving
I think there was an absolute, deep gap between consensual relations between adults, which people may like or dislike, and people who physically impose themselves on children or misuse their authority to impose on children.
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Children People Thinking
Capitalism works better from every perspective when the economic decision makers are forced to share power with those who will be affected by those decisions.
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Decision Perspective Power
These two entities—Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac—are not facing any kind of financial crisis.
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Financial Kind Two
I believe it is a good thing to get rid of Gaddafi. But does America have to do everything?
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Believe Country Good Thing
I don’t think Donald Trump is the right person because I very much disagree with him.
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Persons Thinking Trump

Take free speech: most of the tough cases on free speech involve very unpleasant people saying very obnoxious things.

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