Quote by Maggie Gallagher
When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversi

When governments become large, voters cannot exercise close oversight, otherwise known as political power. – Maggie Gallagher

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Europe, which gave us the idea of same-sex marriage, is a dying society, with birthrates 50 percent below replacement. – Maggie Gallagher

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Marriage
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To imply that religious believers have no right to engage moral questions in the public square or at the ballot is simply to establish a Reichian secularism as our state faith. – Maggie Gallagher

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Faith
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Romantic lovers require from each other at least the facade of reason: We desire to be what romantic love makes us appear in the others eyes. We want to imagine we are deserving of the love we inspire. – Maggie Gallagher

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Romantic
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Politics is like football if you see daylight, go through the hole. – John F. Kennedy

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Politics

You have to take away some of tax breaks for the wealthy, and you have to cut back on some entitlements. Because, unless we do all of these things, it just doesnt work. And whats good theater and whats good politics isnt necessarily good economic policy. – Michael Bloomberg

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Politics

Broadway is such a diverse community. Everybody knows how I believe, and everyone believes, and its not a big deal. But in Hollywood, if you talk about politics – especially if youre a Republican – or spirituality, its just not something people want to hear about. – Kristin Chenoweth

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Politics

Alliance – in international politics, the union of two thieves who have their hands so deeply inserted in each others pockets that they cannot separately plunder a third. – Ambrose Bierce

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Politics

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When you see what some women marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living. – Helen Rowland

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