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"Well, Mr. secretary, I lived in a house without electricity too. No running water, no telephone...I can stand toe-to-toe with you. in response to Treasury secretary Paul O'Neill" »Robert C. Byrd
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"The secretary of education does not work for the education establishment. The secretary works for the American people." »William John Bennett
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"Formerly a public man needed a private secretary for a barrier between himself and the public. Nowadays he has a press secretary to keep him properly in the public eye." »Daniel J. Boorstin
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"...it is a base thing to look to others for your defense instead of depending upon yourself. That defense alone is effectual, sure, and durable which depends upon yourself and your own valor." »Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
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"Our defense is not in our armaments, nor in science, nor in going underground. Our defense is in law and order." »Albert Einstein
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"A politician will always tip off his true belief by stating the opposite at the beginning of the sentence. For maximum comprehension, do not start listening until the first clause is concluded. Begin instead at the word "but" which begins the second, or active, clause. This is the way to tell a liberal from a conservative -- before they tell you.
Thus: "I have always believed in a strong national defense, second to none, but ... " (a liberal, about to propose a $20 billion defense cut)." »Frank Mankiewicz
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"If you want to make certain a job gets done, give it to somebody who is really busy. They'll have their secretary do it." »Joe Moore
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"Oh, you know. I am secretary of state. My trips aren't successful. I just talk to people." »George Pratt Shultz
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"I just don't think it's good for us to be run out of town. (Refusing to cancel secretary of State visit to Moscow)" »Ronald Reagan
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"When things haven't gone well for you, call in a secretary or a staff man and chew him out. You will sleep better and they will appreciate the attention." »Lyndon B. Johnson
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"Give a member of Congress a junket and a mimeograph machine and he thinks he is secretary of state." »David Dean Rusk
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"You're so goddamned concerned about the civilians, and I don't give a damn. to secretary of State Henry Kissinger on civilian casualties in Vietnam" »Richard Milhous Nixon
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"I'd rather use the nuclear bomb...Does that bother you I just want you to think big, Henry, for Christ's sake. to secretary of State Henry Kissinger on escalating the Vietnam War" »Richard Milhous Nixon
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"Religion is a defense against the experience of God." »Carl Jung
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"Humor is just another defense against the universe." »Mel Brooks
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"The best defense against the atom bomb is not to be there when it goes off." »Anonymous
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"A tree never hits an automobile except in self defense." »American Proverb
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"It is not unseemly for a man to die fighting in defense of his country." »Homer
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"We [Jews] have no other means of self-defense than our solidarity" »Albert Einstein
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"The idea of wilderness needs no defense, it only needs defenders." »Edward Abbey (1927 - 1989)
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"Never make a defense or an apology until you are accused." »King Charles I
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"Irreverence is the champion of liberty and its one sure defense." »Mark Twain
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"The woman who cannot tell a lie in defense of her husband is unworthy of the name of wife." »Elbert Hubbard
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"My father never raised his hand to any one of his children, except in self-defense." »Fred Allen
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"A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles." »Mignon McLaughlin
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"Are we at last brought to such humiliating and debasing degradation, that we cannot be trusted with arms for our defense" »Patrick Henry
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"If you don't accept responsibility for your own actions, then you are forever chained to a position of defense." »Holly Lisle
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"Love is much like a wild rose, beautiful and calm, but willing to draw blood in its defense." »Mark A. Overby
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"For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments." »James Brady
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"Extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice. And moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue." »Barry Goldwater
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