Michael Ignatieff Quotes

Belief in liberal freedom and democracy is always belief in it in a particular place, in a national home with histories that only those who are born in a place or who adopt its citizenship can hope to understand.

Michael Ignatieff

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It was funny that rank-and-file evangelicals were ahead of all the leadership. They saw for decades conservative Republicans had made promises to them on issues that were important to Christians and conservatives when they were running for office. But when they won, they didn't keep those promises.

Jerry Falwell, Jr.

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The EPA's climate change regulations are based on compromised scientific reports and heavily flawed data.

John Barrasso

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The budget enforcement rules of the 1990s were an important part of getting the budget back into balance. It was done on a bipartisan basis. Those pay-as-you-go rules were tested and they worked. We are now in a one-party system, and we have thrown them out.

Melissa Bean

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I've tried to say that I admire and respect Sen. Obama. He has accomplished great things, and he has motivated people, and so - and he loves his country, just as I do.

John McCain

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Where talent is a dwarf, self-esteem is a giant.

John Petit-Senn

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Even when you lose, you get better. Sometimes when you lose, you win.

Robbie Lawler

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I don't mind giving 5,000 pardons a day.

Rodrigo Duterte

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If you see someone on a plane with an eye mask, sleeping, that's probably me, because that's pretty much where I live.

Ronna McDaniel

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You have to be savvy to be a celebrity. You have to create a personality and shove that out. It just seems fatuous to me. Professionally, it's a good idea. But I can't do it.

Rupert Graves

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I had really wanted adventure. At the time that I ran away, lots of kids ran away from home. It was something of a social phenomenon.

Mary Gaitskill

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In war there is no substitute for victory.

Douglas MacArthur

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Our studio is kind of built into our home, so it's a place you can ramble, and we can do a pretty good recording here. The band is really comfortable her.

Chris Frantz

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