Famous Quotes & Sayings

Ayn Rand

Observe, in politics, that the term extremism has become a synonym of "evil," regardless of the content of the issue (the evil is not what you are extreme about, but that you are "extreme" - i.e., consistent).

Burton Richter

Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases.

Alan Dershowitz

All speech should be presumed to be protected by the Constitution, and a heavy burden should be placed on those who would censor to demonstrate with relative certainty that the speech at issue, if not censored, would lead to irremediable and immediate serious harm.

Alan Dershowitz

I'm not a single-issue person, but I spend so much time on Israel because it is so unfairly condemned around the world.

Alan Dershowitz

My goal is always to keep support for Israel a bi-partisan issue and never make a national election any kind of referendum on Israel.

Al Franken

No one is more sensitive to the issue of overeating than the creator of Stuart Smalley.

Mr. Edmondson's personal issues ... are tangential to the firm's recent lack of execution, results and direction.

Mouse's philosophy was, 'Hey, this is what we do. I want my third-stringers to throw. I want my receivers to catch,' ... I just, personally, now have an issue with it. What are you trying to prove after 70-75 points?

Cindy Sheehan

My issue is not Republican or Democrat, not right or left. It's right and wrong.

Of all the policy issues going on right now in Washington, this is probably the most important.

Richard Boucher

Non-proliferation is one of the most important issues on our agenda.

Gene Green

On issues like this, we are trying to pull together,

Maybe if Judas can be 'rehabilitated,' then perhaps some of those old issues could be set aside.

Brinda Karat

Now, when BJP is in opposition, it has raised the issue again.

Anne Edwards

Now that this issue is being made public, you are suffering the same pain all over again.

Norv Turner

Obviously it was disappointing, with some protection issues that we had.

Ed Pastor

Access to basic quality health care is one of the most important domestic issues facing our nation.

The only people who can issue handicapped placards are the state in Florida.

Linus Torvalds

The primary issue is just to make people comfortable with Linux.

Dick Thornburgh

Instead of generating either unnecessary alarm or a false sense of security regarding these fundamental issues, the best course is to empower people with the truth.

Charles Taylor

There are other issues about how I got here.

There are two issues with Mat: emotionally he is not right and physically he is off the pace.

Martin O'Malley

There are times in Annapolis when a governor's support can move an issue over the goal line.

on a number of issues important to South Dakota.

She loved Los Angeles. She loved the weather, she loved the people, and there was a problem with Nancy, ... There was the issue of Nancy's stability and what Nancy would do if Susan left.

We have issues on jury selection and evidence.

Anthony Wayne

Issue the orders, sir, and I will storm hell!

Asif Ali Zardari

Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political bouquet, while remaining united on one issue that democracy is the future of Pakistan.

There are unresolved issues with two of the players.

Bashar al-Assad

You have to be very closely linked to the beliefs of the people. This is the core issue. When there is divergence between your policy and the people's beliefs and interests, you will have this vacuum that creates disturbance.

Barbara Olson

Al Gore seems to have found a great political ploy: Picking up whatever issue he is most vulnerable on and championing the cause. Perhaps he will start to champion perjury statutes and obstruction of justice.

Barbara Mikulski

On the most recent battles on health insurance reform, the women led the battle to end gender discrimination by the insurance companies [where] women paid more and got less of a benefit, and also the whole issue of prevention.

Aulis Sallinen

If music leaves any impression at all, it does so without regard to stylistic issues.