Ernest Istook Quotes
The American people do not want people thumbing their nose at the law. It undercuts the very fabric of our society and the system of civil justice and of criminal justice as well.
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God surrounded me with people of faith, people of strong faith, people of power, spiritual power, and I saw little miracles happen in their lives. By it happening in their lives, I started believing it could happen to me.
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The world that you and I live in is increasingly challenged. Population growth, pollution, over-consumption, unsustainable patterns, social conflict, climate change, loss of nature... these are not good stories.
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State assaults on the separation of church and state are nothing new.
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Competition on anything is good, because it makes everybody better.
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I've always been interested in strange foods, coming from all different places.
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The highest percentage of African Americans own their own homes today than ever in our nation's history.
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I want to be a major force.
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There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.
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On career day as a young journalist, I scraped up my money and went to this big conference for young journalists, and the great feedback I got was that I would not or should not become an anchor because my eyelashes were too long and too distracting.
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The constitutional questions are in the first instance not questions of right but questions of might.
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Everything in the universe has a purpose. Indeed, the invisible intelligence that flows through everything in a purposeful fashion is also flowing through you.
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A good apology is like antibiotic, a bad apology is like rubbing salt in the wound.'
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I will persist until I succeed. I was not deIivered unto this world in defeat, nor does failure course in my veins. I am not a sheep waiting to be prodded by my shepherd.
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Politics, I now understand, is at its best when it enlightens us via an opponent's insight.
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Dem Bunde der Künstler einen bestimmten Zweck geben, das heisst ein dürftiges Institut an die Stelle des ewigen Vereins setzen; das heisst die Gemeinde der Heiligen zum Staat erniedrigen.
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Let all Men know thee, but no man know thee thoroughly: Men freely ford that see the shallows.
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Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.
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I don't want to interview people for the purpose of developing a world view and pushing that on people.
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America can't beat anyone anymore.
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God bless the good-natured, for they bless everybody else.
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Truth is not a virtue, but a passion. It is never charitable.
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I don't think right-wing social engineering is any more desirable than left-wing social engineering. I don't think imposing radical change from the right or the left is a very good way for a free society to operate. I think we need a national conversation to get to a better Medicare system with more choices for seniors.
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The American people do not want people thumbing their nose at the law. It undercuts the very fabric of our society and the system of civil justice and of criminal justice as well.
