Raja Krishnamoorthi Quotes
Our political system has been bankrupted by the failures of Congress to act in ways that give meaning to the struggles our constituents endure.
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I never dread going back to Congress.
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I was elected six times to represent southern Arizona, in the State Legislature and then in Congress.
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I have to thank the People, the Congress, and the Government of the United States for my liberation.
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The authority to declare war rests in Congress, not in an out-of-control president.
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Let me make the newspapers, and I care not what is preached in the pulpit or what is enacted in Congress.
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In my 31 years in Congress, I have seen a lot of changes. We made some substantial policy changes that have improved our parks system and our public lands.
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Ever since I've been in Congress, various groups on the business side, those entities that are creating jobs out there, have felt that the Clean Air Act is really - that there are all sorts of presumptions in favor of the environmentalists.
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Being elected to Congress, though I am very grateful to our friends for having done it, has not pleased me as much as I expected.
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I will tell you that there have been no failures in my life. I don't want to sound like some metaphysical queen,but there have been no failures. There have been some tremendous lessons.
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Rooting for other people's failure does get in the way of your success...when you can wish good things for people and rejoice when they get it, so many gifts and blessings come to you that you can't even imagine.
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Faithfulness is to the emotional life what consistency is to the life of the intellect - simply a confession of failures.
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People may fail many times, but they become failures only when they begin to blame someone else. Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.
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We hope that the Congress will act speedily.
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If you can keep on trying after three failures in a given undertaking you may consider yourself a 'suspect' as a potential leader in your chosen occupation. If you can keep on trying after a dozen failures the seed of a genius is germinating within your soul.
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During last night's Republican debate, Mike Huckabee got a big laugh when he said that Congress has been spending money like John Edwards at a beauty salon. Then Huckabee got an even bigger laugh when he said he's running for president
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He has expressed his disappointment with the initial response. We, in the Congress, echo that sentiment. However, in the days following the storm, this country has demonstrated the true spirit of what makes America great, neighbors coming together and helping one another.
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As we agreed, the Congress will include this funding in the upcoming emergency appropriations bill to fund the recovery and rebuilding efforts for hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The bill we send to the president for signature will include the $125 million.
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If I were the president, I'd call the Congress back on the second of January to finish the work, ... I plan to have a talk with the president today.
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Going back to a simpler life based on living by sufficiency rather than excess is not a step backward. Rather, returning to a simpler way allows us to regain our dignity, puts us in touch with the land, and makes us value human contact again.
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O witches, O misery, O hate, to you has my treasure been entrusted! I contrived to purge my mind of all human hope. On all joy, to strangle it, I pounced with the strength of a wild beast. I called to the plagues to smother me in blood, in sand, misfortune was my God.
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Often what I need is even a darker darkness.
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I never storyboard. I hate it. I don't understand why so many directors want to make comic strips of their films.
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Always tell the truth, and take an interest in serving the people around you as much as possible.
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Our political system has been bankrupted by the failures of Congress to act in ways that give meaning to the struggles our constituents endure.
