Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.
BARNEY FRANKRonald Reagan believes in the free market like some people believe in unicorns.
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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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I don’t think Donald Trump is the right person because I very much disagree with him.
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Conservatives believe that from the standpoint of the federal government, life begins at conception and ends at birth.
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In a free society, a large degree of human activity is none of the government’s business. We should make criminal what’s going to hurt other people and other than that we should leave it to people to make their own choices.
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I will tell you, I’m a lousy cook, but I think I’m a pretty good judge of a good meal.
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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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There is an irony that the most active anti-gay groups are Al-Qaeda and the American Right wing.
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The best humor is offered up to you by the stupidity of your opponents.
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Today, many people take for granted the notion that people whose lives are going to be very heavily affected by public policies should have a say in how they are formulated and carried out.
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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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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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It is because the fight against the harshest aspects of unrestricted capitalism is therefore a political problem and not an intellectual one that community action remains so essential.
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I have been mislabeled as a big advocate of low-income home ownership over rental.
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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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The best antidote to prejudice is reality.
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