Famous quotes by Politicians

"Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes"

"Americans rightly asked, if this is the way our government responds to a natural disaster it knew about days in advance, how would it respond to a surprise terrorist attack? How would it respond to an earthquake?"

"Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen"

"Texas has yet to learn submission to any oppression, come from what source it may"

"Politics is the skilled use of blunt objects"

"Having been poor is no shame, but being ashamed of it, is"

"The worst wheel of the cart makes the most noise"

"Genius without education is like silver in the mine"

"Democracy is beautiful in theory; in practice it is a fallacy"

"Freedom rings where opinions clash"

"A hungry man is not a free man"

"The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them"

"How often we fail to realize our good fortune in living in a country where happiness is more than a lack of tragedy"

"Pakistan needs to have decentralisation and a good local government system"

"And before our current legislature adjourns, we intend to become the first state of full and true choice by saying to every low and middle-income Hoosier family, if you think a non-government school is the right one for your child, you're as entitled to that option as any wealthy family; here's a voucher, go sign up"

"We owe the Aboriginal peoples a debt that is four centuries old. It is their turn to become full partners in developing an even greater Canada. And the reconciliation required may be less a matter of legal texts than of attitudes of the heart"

"An indictment is not a conviction"

"If you're not brave, you're not going to be free"

"Well done is better than well said"

"Diligence is the mother of good luck"

"You may delay, but time will not"

"Trouble springs from idleness, and grievous toil from needless ease"

"There are three faithful friends - an old wife, an old dog, and ready money"

"The way to see by Faith is to shut the Eye of Reason"

"Savages we call them because their manners differ from ours"

"Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God"

"Today, our economy is about an economy of ideas"

"Franklin Roosevelt said the test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance to those who have much; it is whether we provide enough to those who have too little. This reconciliation package fails that test as well"

"My mother is still battling alcoholism"

"In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis"