Dan Webster Quotes
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If you push down that pyramid of power and spread out the base, every member gets a chance to file their bill and have it heard and file their amendment and have it heard, as opposed to the system that we have now, which closes out, closes down bills, limits debate, and so forth.
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We're a nation of immigrants - there's no question about that. But we're also a nation of laws. I think we have to honor both of those.
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Let's take up the most important issues first. Let's take up the reauthorizations first; let's take up the appropriations bill first, not wait until four days beforehand - no one has mentioned anything, and, all of a sudden, somebody looks at their watch and says, 'Hey, in four days, the government is going to run out of money.'
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Do I like foreign aid? Sometimes, but not every time. Don't like giving money to our enemies, but I love giving money to Israel.
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I'm a plodder, not a planner.
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I'm going to be as sincere as I can in delivering the message I think is right. If people agree, great, and if they don't, I did my best.
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I'm not an angry kind of person. What I am is a principled person.
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I was Speaker of the House in Florida, first Republican speaker in 120 years. And I totally dismantled the way this House worked and turned it around to what I believe is right.
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I have a problem with the way the House is run. I believe that a few people at the top of a pyramid of power have controlled this place for a long time.
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I've never hidden my faith, but there are only a couple of issues I would die for. There are a few others I would dig my heels in on, and I've told my caucus that what they see is what they get.
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We're not even supposed to have a break in August if we have not passed the appropriations bills. It's in the House rules.
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My expectations are not in any future event. I would rather just be prepared for whatever might take place.
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I've never, in my whole 30 years in office, run a negative ad.
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What really promotes business in this country is liberty, not demand for information.
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We've got to prove that we can lead, and I'm going to be all-in to help prove that.
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If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.
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The only way to improve the GOP brand and make good public policy is to fix the process. This requires transforming the way Congress does business.
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The key is - I'll say the key - number one, I pray every day.
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Power tends to protect itself merely to maintain its own status and control. Principle gives up power for the sake of creating the best public policy.
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If we do our job right, then we have everything to stand on. If we don't do our job, we have everything to lose on.