Ted Cruz Quotes
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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I am, in general, favourable to activism and social movements and hostile to graft and corruption.
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Corporate corruption has ecological merits. It's helping to preserve that species known as Democrats - thought to be endangered as recently as the year 2000.
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I am not the candidate of career politicians in Washington.
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I think on a whole host of issues Washington tends to be a lagging indicator on public opinion.
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All the world has been converted and Washington is the modem Mecca.
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One out of three jobs in Washington is tied to trade.
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Corruption is when a politician uses public funds to deliver pistachio ice cream to his home and transfer garden furniture to his Caesarea villa, then requesting that the expenses be covered for the water in his pool and fights to get a private jet.
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The major international appeal for 'House of Cards' was kind of a surprise because it's a very American show. What we learned is that American politics is very American, but greed and corruption and all of that is very global.
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We are all aware that corruption is pervasive. It operates at every level. The poor may carry its greatest burden, but it is an affliction that every Indian is desperate to be rid of.
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In terms of competitiveness of new global environment, Kenya will have absolutely no choice but to tackle the most important constraint to its development: it has been corruption.
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When leaders are no longer beholden to the people who elected them, corruption results and the recruitment of extremists becomes easier.
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We mustn't hesitate to cut corruption at its roots.
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Cutting up fowl to predict the future is, if done honestly and with as little interpretation as possible, a kind of randomization. But chicken guts are hard to read and invite flights of fancy or corruption.
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When I saw corruption, I was forced to find truth on my own. I couldn't swallow the hypocrisy.
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This morning in the Washington Post there was a statistic about how 85% of Americans are Christians.
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Nobody cares what any politician in Washington says.
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The reason gas prices are so high is because the oil is in Texas and Oklahoma and all the dipsticks are in Washington.
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The corruption of the American soul is consumerism.
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Change can only come from local citizens and politicians - it cannot be imposed by well-meaning foreigners - not least because a society like Afghanistan or Iraq is suspicious of outsiders and often resistant to change. I am not going to get drawn into the ethics of intervening in other countries. My concern is the practical question. Can you actually achieve change in this way? My guess is we can stop wars sometimes as in the Balkans and topple regimes - but that the other stuff - such as corruption is not within our power to effect and alter.
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When you fight corruption, it fights back.
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I always wanted to be a singer, and so, when I was 5 years old, I started acting classes so I could be a better performer. I wanted to have a powerful voice so I could be heard.
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I think I'm a born storyteller. Inspiration is all around me. I can read a newspaper article and come up with an idea for a book.
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Hillary Clinton embodies the corruption of Washington.
