Tom DeLay Quotes

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• My friends, there is no Palestinian-Israeli conflict. There is only the global war on terrorism.

  Tom DeLay

  War, Conflict, Terrorism

  "Delay Leads Intense Push for Jewish Voters" by Tom Curry, www.nbcnews.com. September 01, 2004.

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• I've been indicted for rules that don't even exist.

  Tom DeLay

  The Hill Interview, December 11, 2006.

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• It's the arrogance of man to think that man can change the climate of the world. Only nature can change the climate. A volcano, for instance.

  Tom DeLay

  Men, Thinking, Volcanoes

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• I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church.

  Tom DeLay

  Believe, Thinking, Government

  TV preachers' Congressional luncheon, July 2001.

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• Cutting carbon in the supply chain is the next critical stage in the business contribution to reduce carbon emissions to tackle climate change and, represents a significant commercial opportunity.

  Tom DeLay

  Business, Cutting, Opportunity

  "Firms offered help shrinking carbon footprints" by Hilary Osborne, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2006.

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• I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution.

  Tom DeLay

  Jobs, Government, Constitution Of The United States

  "Talk Back Live" on CNN, December 19, 1995.

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• We have a small faction, and they are a minority, who believe they are there to govern. Then there is the majority of us who believe that indeed we are there to govern but more importantly we are there to be an opposition to the Democratic philosophy and the only way to do that is through confrontation.

  Tom DeLay

  Philosophy, Believe, Majority

  Houston Chronicle, April 14, 1991.

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• Progressive companies regard climate change as an opportunity rather than a threat

  Tom DeLay

  Business, Opportunity, Climate

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• The best that can be said about embryonic stem cell research is that it is scientific exploration into the potential benefits of killing human beings.

  Tom DeLay

  Cells, Research, Benefits

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• Howard Dean is a cruel and extremist demagogue. And Howard Dean is as ignorant on John Ashcroft as he is on national security. If this cruel, loudmouth extremist is the cream of the Democrat crop, next November's going to make the 1984 election look like a squeaker.

  Tom DeLay

  Ignorant, Looks, Next

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• These are people that don't want to protect the American people... [T]hey will do anything, spend all the time and resources they can, to avoid confronting evil.

  Tom DeLay

  Evil, People, Hey

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• Calculated and craven political stunt.

  Tom DeLay

  Political

  "'Unwinnable' comment draws GOP fire" by Ted Barrett, www.cnn.com. May 10, 2004.

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• Christianity offers the only viable, reasonable, definitive answer to the questions of Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going? Does life have any meaningful purpose?

  Tom DeLay

  Meaningful, Scary, Doe

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• If Israel falls to the terrorists, the entire free world will tremble. To forsake Israel now would be tantamount to forsaking Great Britain in 1940. It is unthinkable, and it is unthinkable because the world wants to know if we believe freedom is worth fighting for.

  Tom DeLay

  Believe, Fall, Fighting

  "DeLay makes intense appeal for Jewish voters" by Tom Curry, www.nbcnews.com. September 1, 2004.

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• Nothing's worse than a woman know-it-all.

  Tom DeLay

  Know It All, Knows

  "Found Object: DeLay on Hardball". www.huffingtonpost.com. April 05, 2006.

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• Without any coherent international blueprint the White House has bombed its way around the globe, while dropping troops far and wide for ill-defined peacemaking duties. This policy has gutted the American military which now must be rebuilt.

  Tom DeLay

  Military, White, House

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• It's never been proven that air toxics are hazardous to people.

  Tom DeLay

  Air, People, Environmental

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• Nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes.

  Tom DeLay

  War, Cutting, Important

  "A Cut Too Far" by James Surowiecki, www.newyorker.com. April 21, 2003.

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• A woman can take care of the family. It takes a man to provide structure, to provide stability.

  Tom DeLay

  Family, Delay, Care

  "On the role of women in the home". Interview with Armstrong Williams, February 10, 2004.

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• I take no pleasure in seeing DeLay swing gently in the wind. But the thing I believe in the most is ethics. If someone has lost his moral compass and has to go to jail to find it, then I believe it will make him a much better person.

  Tom DeLay

  Believe, Compassion, Wind

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• Temper your future actions.

  Tom DeLay

  Action, Your Future, Temper

  "Ethics Panel Admonishes DeLay Again". www.foxnews.com. October 07, 2004.

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• For all its faults, it is partisanship - based on core principles- that clarifies our debates, that prevents one party from straying too far from the mainstream and that constantly refreshes our politics with new ideas and new leaders.

  Tom DeLay

  Party, Ideas, Leader

  Farewell Address to House of Representatives, delivered 8 June 2006

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• Until we begin to discover the national values that for centuries have allowed us to rise above our natures and act as civilized men and women, our country will continue to suffer the steady deterioration in standards that disturbs us all.

  Tom DeLay

  Country, Men, Suffering

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• Mr. Speaker, there are some in this Chamber who believe that Christians, like well-behaved children, should be seen and not heard... Christians will not remain silent. We are here to stay.

  Tom DeLay

  Christian, Religious, Children

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• Kofi Annan's kangaroo court [is] a clear and present danger to the war on terror and to Americans fighting it all over the world.

  Tom DeLay

  War, Fighting, Kangaroos

  "Court Boycott Hits US Aid Budget". news.bbc.co.uk. July 16, 2004.

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