Tax (reform) is ultimately a decision about values.
BILL BRADLEYEvery time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.
More Bill Bradley Quotes
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Al Gore clearly has the vision… it’s a much better vision than that of George W. Bush.
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When you make speeches you elicit expectations against which you will be held accountable.
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A good coach must celebrate in private. He cannot gloat to the press after a victory or criticize heavily after defeat… His game is of such motivation and strategy that only a few people understand his craft.
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When conflicts do break out, UN peacekeepers should play a role in defusing and settling them. Without giving up our sovereignty, we can help the UN with better training and better command and control in order to develop more effective peacekeeping forces.
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Basketball can serve as a kind of metaphor for ultimate cooperation. It is a sport where success, as symbolized by the championship, requires that the dictates of community prevail over selfish impulses.
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There has never been a great athlete who died not knowing what pain is.
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Leaders should be collaborative, modest, and generous
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We have to repair that trust … I think anytime a public official lies, he undermines his own authority and squanders the public trust.
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The only way to be true to our American tradition is to maintain absolute governmental neutrality regarding religious beliefs and practices
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Every time I have some moment on a seashore, or in the mountains, or sometimes in a quiet forest, I think this is why the environment has to be preserved.
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I might lose because I wasn’t tall enough; I might lose because I wasn’t fast enough. But I wasn’t going to lose because I wasn’t ready.
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The Boy Scouts of America stands for a set of principles. These principles have a lot of staying power. The values you learn as a Scout are like a compass. They can help you find your way through difficult and sometimes unchartered terrain.
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Sports is a metaphor for overcoming obstacles and achieving against great odds. Athletes, in times of difficulty, can be important role models.
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Working with the UN’s diplomacy and development arms, we can prevent minor differences from escalating into wars.
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Imagination allows us to escape the predictable. It enables us to reply to the common wisdom that we cannot soar by saying, ‘Just watch!’
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