Illegal Quotes - Page 7

• [Donald] Trump is touching a nerve because people want the wall to be built. They want to see an end to illegal immigration. They want to see it, and we all do. But we all have different ways of getting there.

  John Kasich

  Wall, People, Touching

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• It’s not illegal to be an asshole. It’s not illegal to be racist, even. It’s not illegal to do anything.

  Ariel Pink

  Racist

  "Ariel Pink" by Larry Fitzmaurice, pitchfork.com. September 9, 2014.

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• It is about time that we develop a worldwide strategy to reduce illegal trade in meth and its precursor chemicals and stop the devastating impact that methamphetamine use is having on our children and our communities.

  Dennis Cardoza

  Children, Impact, Community

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• As the American public continues to focus more intensely on illegal immigration and securing the nation's borders, the number of members of the House Immigration Reform Caucus continues to grow.

  Virgil Goode

  Numbers, Focus, House

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• Republicans rejected calls for amnesty and we've fought efforts to provide illegal aliens with taxpayer funded benefits. The American people are far closer to our Republican approach to border security than they are to Nancy Pelosi's approach.

  Marsha Blackburn

  People, Effort, Amnesty

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• I love stories about two people who are doing illegal things, who we really enjoy watching despite the fact that we know they are doomed in some way.

  Famke Janssen

  Illegal Things, Two, People

  "Famke Janssen and Bringing Up Bobby". Interview with Nicki Richesin, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 19, 2012.

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• Check bags are fun. I just make sure there won't be anything illegal in my check bag which is forbidden at a cabin of a plane. Just leaving things like scissors and such out of my carry-on things in order to avoid troubles with some certain airline, y'know.

  Kerry King

  Fun, Order, Leaving

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• By encouraging men to spy and report on one another, by making it in the private interest of large numbers of citizens to evade the controls, and by making actions illegal that are in the public interest, the controls undermine individual morality.

  Milton Friedman

  Men, Numbers, Spy

  Milton Friedman (1972). “An economist's protest: columns in political economy”

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• Illegal immigration presents a huge problem. That is why I decided to spend a week along the southern border to see firsthand how bad the problem is and, more importantly, what Congress can do to fix it.

  Ric Keller

  Southern, Immigration, Borders

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• The current practice of extending U.S. citizenship to hundreds of thousands of 'anchor babies' must end because it creates a magnet for illegal immigration into our country. Now is the time to ensure that the laws in this country do not encourage law-breaking.

  Steve King

  Country, Baby, Anchors

  "Steve King Introduces Bill To Stop ‘Anchor Babies’" by Elise Foley, www.huffingtonpost.com. January 4, 2013.

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• Because the worst of all worlds is when you pretend like you have an immigration policy, you make coming into the United States without our permission illegal, and then you actually don't enforce it.

  Tom Tancredo

  Immigration, United States, World

  "An Interview With Congressman Tom Tancredo (R – CO)". Interview with John Hawkins, rightwingnews.com. February 26, 2012.

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• For every child of an illegal immigrant who's a valedictorian, there's another 100 out there who weigh 130 pounds and they've got calves the size of cantaloupes because they're hauling 75 pounds of marijuana across the desert (http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/12/steve-king-still-stands-by-cantaloupe-comments/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0).

  Michael C. Burgess

  Kings, Children, Marijuana

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• An estimated 9,000 American citizens are killed every year by illegal aliens. Thats 25 American citizens per day killed by illegal aliens, averaging 12 by stabbings and shootings and 13 by DUI and related crimes.

  Russell Pearce

  Years, Citizens, Shooting

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• I don't think marijuana should be illegal.

  Jon Stewart

  Marijuana, Thinking, Should

  "Carl Sagan, Marijuana Advocate, Explains What It’s Like To Be High While Carl Sagan" By Nick Wing, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 31, 2013.

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• The invasion and occupation of Iraq is illegal.

  Kofi Annan

  Iraq, Occupation, Invasion

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• Scapegoating will go on forever. We need someone to blame - illegal immigrants, single moms, people in prison. We need someone to victimize.

  Winona Ryder

  Mom, Hate, People

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• Senator, it has been reported that you have had illegal congress with your mother.

  Lou Reed

  Mother, Politics, Congress

  Lou Reed (2008). “Pass Thru Fire: The Collected Lyrics”, p.392, Da Capo Press

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• Just be glad you don't live in one of those little countries where at this very moment, music is severely restricted, or as it is in Iran, totally illegal.

  Frank Zappa

  Country, Iran, Politics

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• After all these years, it's still amazing what Obama is allowed to get away with. He says low gas prices in 2009 were caused by a terrible economy, but then claims that the lower number of illegal aliens crossing the border is because of his border policies, not the same lousy economy.

  Howie Carr

  Years, Numbers, Borders

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• I believe that the American administration of Iraq has been arrogant, has pursued policies that are illegal in international law and has been ignorant and incompetent. I said this very forthrightly to the senators.

  Juan Cole

  Believe, Law, Iraq

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• We should not blur the lines between legal and illegal immigrants. Millions of people around the world have gone through the process to come here legally and they followed the rules that required them to pay a fee, learn English, and learn about American history and government.

  Ken Calvert

  Government, People, Gone

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• China is responsible for a lot of the major conservation issues we're facing. It's the main market for rhino horn. Tigers are being killed for tiger bone wine. They're driving the tropical timber trade and illegal logging in Indonesia, and the trade in tropical reef fish.

  Mark Carwardine

  Wine, Rhinos, Issues

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• I don't do things that are illegal.

  Patricia Cornwell

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• The ingestion of brain-altering chemicals - legal or illegal - cannot be categorized as good stewardship of our earthly lives.

  Salvatore J. Cordileone

  Brain, Stewardship, Chemicals

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• Straw purchasing is illegal.

  Jason Chaffetz

  Purchasing, Straws

  "Reps. Chaffetz & Quigley on 'Fast and Furious'". www.realclearpolitics.com. June 27, 2012.

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