You can put wings on a pig, but you don’t make it an eagle.
BILL CLINTONWhen times are tough and people are frustrated and angry and hurting and uncertain, the politics of constant conflict may be good. But what is good politics does not necessarily work in the real world. What works in the real world is cooperation.
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Politics gives guys so much power that they tend to behave badly around women. And I hope I never get into that.
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We cannot idealize technology. Technology is only and always the reflection of our own imagination, and its uses must be conditioned by our own values. Technology can help cure diseases, but we can prevent a lot of diseases by old-fashioned changes in behavior.
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I am opposed to abortion and to government funding of abortions. We should not spend state funds on abortions because so many people believe abortion is wrong.
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There is nothing more precious to a parent than a child, and nothing more important to our future than the safety of all our children.
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When our memories outweigh our dreams, it is then that we become old.
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Politics is not religion and we should govern on the basis of evidence, not theology.
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There is nothing wrong with America that cannot be cured with what is right in America.
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So much of modern politics is focused not on honest differences of policy but on personal attacks.
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I am trying to be honest with you and it hurts me. Now.
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When we make college more affordable, we make the American dream more achievable.
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The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth.
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Character is a journey, not a destination.
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Promising too much can be as cruel as caring too little.
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The most powerful people on earth are focus groups.
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We must teach our children to resolve their conflicts with words, not weapons.
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