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What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers

What I worry about would be that you essentially have two chambers, the House and the Senate, but you have simply, majoritarian, absolute power on either side. And thats just not what the founders intended. – Barack Obama

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We cant get to the $4 trillion in savings that we need by just cutting the 12 percent of the budget that pays for things like medical research and education funding and food inspectors and the weather service. And we cant just do it by making seniors pay more for Medicare. – Barack Obama

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Education
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Take off your bedroom slippers. Put on your marching shoes, he said, his voice rising as applause and cheers mounted. Shake it off. Stop complainin. Stop grumblin. Stop cryin. We are going to press on. We have work to do. – Barack Obama

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work
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I dont oppose all wars. What I am opposed to is a dumb war. What I am opposed to is a rash war. – Barack Obama

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I was pretty much the governments poster boy for what I had done. – Kevin Mitnick

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Conventional wisdom on governments role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax government transfer payments have become less progressive. – Paul Ryan

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We dont need new taxes. We need new taxpayers, people that are gainfully employed, making money and paying into the tax system. And then we need a government that has the discipline to take that additional revenue and use it to pay down the debt and never grow it again. – Marco Rubio

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I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits like unemployment but theyve been able to control their own destiny because private sector employers have created more jobs. – Scott Walker

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Theres no taking trout with dry breeches. – Miguel de Cervantes

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The preservation of the means of knowledge among the lowest ranks is of more importance to the public than all the property of all the rich men in the country. – John Adams

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He who is not impressed by sound advice, lacks faith. – Abu Bakr

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Actually, I feel music becoming more and more important. Its a big source of inspiration. With whats going on in the world, we feel almost desperate. Music also brings you peace. – Cecilia Bartoli

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