Dan Webster Quotes
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There are amendments never offered, there are bills never heard, that are basically killed because of the process.
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I will say this: I've had more pro-life bills, I believe, I ruled unconstitutional - but I tried - than the entire total membership of Congress together.
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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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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 a plodder, not a planner.
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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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I'm not an angry kind of person. What I am is a principled person.
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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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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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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, in my whole 30 years in office, run a negative ad.
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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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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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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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What really promotes business in this country is liberty, not demand for information.
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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 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.