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has talked about the need for reform in Uzbekistan. Very basically, the Uzbekistan government needs to trust its people." () Sean McCormack
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He said what he said because he thought he was telling the government what they wanted to hear.
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I don't know jokes; I just watch the government and report the facts. Will Rogers
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This was not unexpected. Madison is a government town.
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MacKinnon's treatment of the central issue of pornography as she herself poses it - the harm that pornography does to women - is shockingly causal. Much of her evidence is anecdotal, and in a nation of 260 Million people, anecdotes are a weak form of evidence. Richard Posner
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It is the censor's business to make a judgment about the propriety of the content or message of the proposed expressive activity. The regulation here does not authorize any judgment about the content of any speeches. ... A park is a limited space, and to allow unregulated access to all comers could easily reduce rather than enlarge the park's utility as a forum for speech. Just imagine two rallies held at the same time in the same park area using public-address systems that drowned out each other's speakers.
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Few governments in the world, for example, praise human rights more ardently than does the government of France, and few have a worse record of supporting tyrants and killers. Richard Perle
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Bureaucracies have a natural tendency not to cooperate, coordinate or consolidate with each other. They won't cooperate with each other - unless they are forced to do so by political level authority. Richard Holbrooke
government entrepreneur priorities
Closing the gap for women entrepreneurs should be a priority for the federal government - and yet the Small Business Administration has failed in their promise to women business owners. Ruben Hinojosa
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It has been a labor of love for me. I have not tired. I am energized when I am around the citizens of Detroit.
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No U.S. citizen is being kicked off any voter rolls. Rick Scott
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If we want to have the support of European citizens we have to engage with them, but we also need leadership and that's something we're lacking,
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I'm praying they're going to give him his citizenship.
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I'm just here because I'm hopeful of getting citizens of west-central Indiana and all of Indiana excited about it, Mitch Daniels
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I have no idea yet; I know I'll be evaluating the entire agency. One of the first things I'll be doing is making contact with the citizens of this fine town.
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I know they've had some problems with their heavy equipment. The judge has said they're going to repair everything they've damaged. I think they're willing to be good citizens and keep the roads repaired also.
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their preparedness to become citizens, in keeping with the language requirement as well.
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The federal prescription drug plan was touted as a measure to help seniors and save the states money. Instead, it's failing our most vulnerable elderly and disabled citizens, and it's failing the taxpayers of Kentucky.
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It benefits me more because I'm more in the box. It puts me in the position where I can make more plays and bigger plays for the team.
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I think we have new life now. The kids are really excited. We get to play on a college court in a state tournament, and when you're 10-13 that's a big deal. But forget about the records. These kids have worked hard all year long and now they're reaping some of the benefits from it.
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I am concerned, frankly, about the size and last-minute nature of this year's congressional spending spree, where they seem to be loading up the spending bills with special projects for special interests, but can't seem to find the time to raise the minimum wage, or pass a patients' bill of rights, or drug benefits for our seniors through Medicare, or tax cuts for long-term care, child care, or college education,
benefits satisfied contributing
You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others. Walter Annenberg
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Duty is that mode of action on the part of the individual which constitutes the best possible application of his capacity to the general benefit. William Godwin
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Homeopathy is one of the few medical specialties which carries no penalties -- only benefits. Yehudi Menuhin
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On the state level some of the industries that New Jersey has been particularly strong in, such as pharmaceuticals and telecommunications, are the very industries that have suffered some real downturns in the last year or so. It's costing jobs, and good jobs. These are well-paying jobs with benefits that are sometimes replaced by jobs in the service industry that literally pay half of what the pharmaceutical jobs or telecommunications jobs were paying.
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Right now people seem to be very tentative about the positive benefits of capitalism. Jeb Bush
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Retailers are putting a great spin on this, saying that the customer benefits in the end. However, the self-checkout is not driven by customer service but by the retailer's objective to reduce costs.