Olympia Snowe Quotes
I believe the Congress - as a coequal branch of government - must immediately and expeditiously review the use of this practice.
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My concept of government's role in people's lives is that it is limited but legitimate, and essential when people have nowhere else to turn.
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We believe it is comprehensive international sanctions against the white regime that will save us from the slaughter of hundreds of thousands of South Africans, black and white.
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I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.
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There are things that government can do to incentivize the free market to do a better job, yes. But is that a replacement for getting in the way, actively, of the fossil fuel industry and preventing them from destroying our chances of a future on a livable planet? It's not a replacement.
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If I was involved with the NFL, I'd seriously consider adopting some of the rules used in Canada. I've heard, unofficially, of course, some NFL club owners have talked about adding a feature or two. The NFL went for the two-point conversion. Professional sport is entertainment, and the CFL, I believe, is ahead of the NFL in that regard.
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I believe we are created in the image of God for a particular purpose, and I believe that with all my heart.
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The best reason why Monarchy is a strong government is, that it is an intelligible government. The mass of mankind understand it, and they hardly anywhere in the world understand any other.
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I never get scared making these kinds of movies because it's all make-believe, but I did cry when I saw the finished version of Man On Fire because it is so sad.
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I didn't go to church, I didn't go to synagogue; I went to temple, Hindu temple, where I prayed to my Hindu gods - whether or not I believe in it is another story.
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If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.
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Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
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Make the people sovereign and the poor will use the machinery of government to dispossess the rich.
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Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.
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Government can wreck a business by confiscating its money by taxation.
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There are lots of people depending on the government who are good, honest citizens who have worked all their lives.
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A majority in all parties do, I think, want to see local government recover its old vigour and independence.
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It is not hard to see why the FBI wants wiretapping backdoors. It would certainly make its job easier. But rejiggering the Internet so government can conveniently monitor everything we say and do online is too high a price to pay for making law enforcement more efficient.
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To pump up consumer or government demand would force interest rates up and asset prices down, possibly by enough to destroy more jobs than are created.
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I think when I started doing stand-up, that's when I really tried to question everything in my belief system which is - I think a pretty important part of being a comedian is really questioning things.
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[perfectionism leads to] a tendency to apologize preemptively for one's efforts, knowing from experience that there's sure to be something wrong with them.
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It is our care for the helpless, our practice of loving kindness, that brands us in the eyes of those who oppose us.
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World hinges on moral foundations. God has made it so! God has made the universe to be based on a moral law. So long as man disobeys it he is revolting against God. That’s what we need in the world today - people who will stand for right and goodness.
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I believe the Congress - as a coequal branch of government - must immediately and expeditiously review the use of this practice.
