Policy Quotes - Page 19

• The very aspect of religions that many of their critics most fear - that the religiously devout, in the name of their faith, take positions that differ from approved state policy - is one of their strengths.

  Stephen L. Carter

  Christian, Religious, Names

  Stephen L. Carter (1993). “The Culture of Disbelief: How American Law and Politics Trivialize Religious Devotion”, Basic Books

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• Over the years since I became a Christian, I have always deliberately explained that I have 'accepted Jesus Christ.' These words are invariably translated into 'Colson's professed religious experience.' I discovered that one major U.S. daily, as a matter of policy, will not print the two words Jesus Christ together; when combined, the editor says, it represents an editorial judgment.

  Charles Colson

  Christian, Religious, Jesus

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• The mainline media attacks all conservatives, especially Christians, and distorts their policies and beliefs so that the local population is afraid to vote for them.

  Tim LaHaye

  Christian, Religious, Media

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• The ACLU's various policies regarding religious freedom in public schools are a revealing collection of anti-religious bias.

  F. LaGard Smith

  Christian, Religious, School

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• We all accuse Vladimir Putin of Cold War nostalgia, but Washington's elites - politicians and intellectuals - miss the old days as well. They wish for the world in which the United States was utterly dominant over its friends, its foes were to be shunned entirely, and the challenges were stark, moral, and vital. Today's world is messy and complicated. China is one of our biggest trading partners and our looming geopolitical rival. Russia is a surly spoiler, but it has a globalized middle class and has created ties in Europe.

  Fareed Zakaria

  Leadership, Money, War

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• [Fighting Climate Change] is important for every single person on the planet, which is why it has to be the greatest grassroots movement of all time. This is the battle of our lives. We're fighting for our children.

  Emma Thompson

  Family, Leadership, Wisdom

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• Under the Obama regime, the president and his allies are intentional in pursuing these conflicts from the perspective that you must sacrifice your most sacred beliefs to government the instant you start a business. You have the protection of the First Amendment as an individual, you see – but the instant you start a business, you lose those protections.

  Bobby Jindal

  Work, Health, Sacrifice

  "The Silent War on Religious Liberty". Bobby Jindal's Remarks at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Library, officeofgovernorbobbyjindal.createsend1.com. February 13, 2014.

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• I think that local school districts - not the federal government - should make the decision about how they teach science, biology, economics. I want my kids to be taught about evolution; I want my kids to be taught about other theories.

  Bobby Jindal

  Family, Education, School

  "Bobby Jindal: Republican who brought creationism into schools to join election" by Tom Dart, www.theguardian.com. June 24, 2015.

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• My mother saved our home with a minimum wage job. But in the 1960s, a minimum wage job would support a family of three above the poverty line. Not today. Not even close. I understood right then that people can work hard, they can play by the rules, and they can still take a hard smack.

  Elizabeth Warren

  Family, Mother, Money

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• Three of the last four [elections], '06, '08, and '12, were disastrous for Republicans. And they were years in which we just we stayed quiet, we went along the get-along, we didn't stand on principle. The only year that was a good year for Republicans was 2010, when we painted in bold colors, not in pale pastels. We stood for principle. I think winning this fight right now is the most important thing we can do to see significant victories in 2014.

  Ted Cruz

  Leadership, Party, Fighting

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• Net Neutrality' is Obamacare for the Internet; the Internet should not operate at the speed of government.

  Ted Cruz

  Technology, Government, Obamacare

  Twitter post from Nov 10, 2014

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• Congress needs to send a strong signal that direct communication with the leader of the free world is a privilege, particularly for a regime that has been as hostile as Iran has been towards America for more than three decades. President Rouhani needs to take these two simple steps to demonstrate good faith before any further discussions.

  Ted Cruz

  Leadership, Strong, Spring

  "Cruz praises Obama on Iran" by Burgess Everett, www.politico.com. September 28, 2013.

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• I'm not serving in office because I desperately needed 99 new friends in the U.S. Senate. Given the choice between being reviled in Washington, DC, and appreciated in Texas, or reviled in Texas and appreciated in Washington, I would take the former 100 out of 100 times.

  Ted Cruz

  Leadership, Wisdom, Work

  "Cruz slams fellow GOP senators" by Kevin Robillard, www.politico.com. October 20, 2013.

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• The Court is making the preposterous assumption that the People of the United States somehow silently redefined marriage in 1868 when they ratified the 14th Amendment.

  Ted Cruz

  Father, People, History

  "Cruz: 'Tragic,' 'Indefensible' That Supreme Court Chose to Not Hear Marriage Cases" by Sen. Ted Cruz, www.dailysignal.com. October 6, 2014.

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• The well of public opinion has been well and truly poisoned by the Iraq episode.

  David Cameron

  Spring, Iraq, History

  "MPs vote down military intervention in Syria: Politics live blog" by Andrew Sparrow, www.theguardian.com. August 29, 2013.

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• I'm so sick and tired of all this violence, this gun violence. And how could I speak on it - you know - being one who has advocated violence and gun violence? The only way I could do it was through a song that spoke from the heart.

  Snoop Dogg

  Leadership, Wisdom, Song

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• Today, unfortunately, the right to vote seems to have become a partisan issue. Democrats seek to guarantee and expand voting rights. Republicans try to undermine and suppress voting rights.

  Donna Brazile

  Party, Issues, Rights

  "Brazile: Why I am a Democrat and why your vote should count". www.cnn.com. February 27, 2014.

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• But for us, in Syria, we have principles. We'll do anything to prevent the region from another crazy war. It's not only Syria. Because it will start in Syria.

  Bashar al-Assad

  Crazy, Spring, War

  "Assad and Obama on Syria's civil war". "60 Minutes" with Charlie Rose, www.cbsnews.com. September 15, 2013.

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• [Putin] is a bully. And bullies only understand when we punch them in the nose, but we need to do that economically.

  Kelly Ayotte

  Leadership, Money, Reality

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• A corporation is simply a form of organization used by human beings to achieve desired ends... Protecting the free-exercise rights of corporations like Hobby Lobby, Conestoga, and Mardel protects the religious liberty of the humans who own and control those companies.

  Samuel Alito

  Religious, Exercise, Reality

  "Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., 573 U.S. ___". The U.S. Supreme Court case (Samuel Alito's opinion for the Court), supreme.justia.com. June 30, 2014.

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• From an athlete's perspective, to cancel the Olympics in regards to the threats would be absolutely devastating - especially since the Olympics - it's really about people meeting together through sports and putting aside their countries' differences for that time.

  Brian Boitano

  Leadership, Sports, Wisdom

  "Face the Nation" with Bob Schieffer, cbsnews.cbsig.net. January 26, 2014.

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• A lot of people criticized me for speaking out, not long ago, about gay marriage. I could not remain silent any longer. It's the civil rights of our day. It's the issue of our day.

  Joe Biden

  Leadership, Gay, Rights

  "Biden dots speech with '16 themes" by Alexander Burns, www.politico.com. September 15, 2013.

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• You can drive yourself crazy trying to peer into a person's soul--or you can do the sensible thing: ask not what inner motives drive a politician's policy choices but instead whether those choices are good for the country.

  Paul Begala

  Country, Crazy, Choices

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• I would rather die than be in the United States Senate. I would be bored to death. Could you imagine me, banging around that chamber with 99 other people, asking for a motion on the amendment in the subcommittee? Forget it...You'd watch me just walk out and walk right into the Potomac River and drown. That would be it.

  Chris Christie

  Leadership, Work, Reality

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• Israel deserves America's friendship in reality - not just in rhetoric.

  Eric Cantor

  Reality, Israel, America

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