Officials Quotes - Page 8

• I am not the Jesus of the official church tolerated by those in power. I am not your superstar.

  Klaus Kinski

  Jesus, Sea, Church

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• High office teaches decision making, not substance. It consumes intellectual capital; it does not create it. Most high officials leave office with the perceptions and insights with which they entered; they learn how to make decisions but not what decisions to make.

  Henry A. Kissinger

  Office, Decision, Intellectual

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• Ted Cruz is not the official spokesman for American conservatism. If you want somebody who has been out there, who has offered an alternative - the person who offered an alternative, for example, is... Paul Ryan.

  Charles Krauthammer

  Example, Alternatives, Want

  "Krauthammer, Jon Stewart Clash Over Conservatism, Politics On 'Daily Show'". www.realclearpolitics.com. October 24, 2013.

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• I always believe the rule by king or official leader is outdated. Now we must catch up with the modern world.

  Dalai Lama

  Kings, Believe, Leader

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• I mean, you can't have advertising be the only official business of the information economy if the information economy is going to take over.

  Jaron Lanier

  Mean, Information, Advertising

  "Should Facebook's Users Share Its Riches?". "All Things Considered" with Melissa Block, www.npr.org. February 15, 2012.

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• Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion.

  Christopher Lasch

  Sea, Play, People

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• It's official, Arnold said he will enter the race for governor. At least that's what everybody thinks he said.

  David Letterman

  Thinking, Race, Sea

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• The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.

  Carl Lewis

  Games, People, Political

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• We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies him.

  Georg C. Lichtenberg

  Sea, Position, Public Office

  "Aphorisms". Book by Georg Christoph Lichtenberg. Notebook F 47, 1799.

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• The official version of Watergate is as wrong as a Flat Earth Society pamphlet.

  G. Gordon Liddy

  Earth, Flats, Watergate

  Interview with Johann Hari, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 13, 2008.

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• The Constitution is constant. There's not one elected official who has the power to change it. There is a way to amend the Constitution, and the Constitution spells out the procedures that must be taken to change it. Presidents cannot. Now, I know this is gonna shock many of you in the low-information community.

  Rush Limbaugh

  Taken, Community, President

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• Throughout this country's history there have of course been systematic efforts to create an official underclass.

  Eric Liu

  Country, Effort, Systematic

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• If something is being done on a secret basis in national security, that's a great reason for elected officials to not talk about it. And that's a great way to shirk accountability for it with the public.

  Rachel Maddow

  Accountability, Secret, Done

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• I've never worked in politics, never been a member of an official committee or a political party.

  Naguib Mahfouz

  Party, Sea, Political

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• Official motto of the White House economic team: Those who can, do. Those who can't, fantasize in the classroom, fail in Washington and then return to the Ivy Tower to train the next generation of egghead economic saboteurs. Life is good for left-wing academics. Everyone else pays dearly.

  Michelle Malkin

  Team, Life Is Good, Ivy

  "Obama's Egghead Economic Saboteurs" by Michelle Malkin, www.realclearpolitics.com. June 8, 2011.

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• I ask, sir, what is the militia? It is the whole people except for a few public officials.

  George Mason

  Gun, People, Second Amendment

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• The highest patriotism is not a blind acceptance of official policy, but a love of one's country deep enough to call her to a higher plain.

  George McGovern

  Love, Country, Memorial Day

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• When elected officials abandon our environment and ruin our natural resources, public health is endangered. I know the importance of providing a clean environment for our children; I have attended more than one funeral for a child who has died from an asthma attack.

  Gwen Moore

  Children, Health, Funeral

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• I like BuzzFeed, and I understand the pressure that online reporters are under. But I think everyone agrees that, despite all the awesome kitten gifs, they're still obligated to be skeptical of government officials and ask the right questions.

  Michael Moore

  Thinking, Government, Pressure

  "My Final Word on BuzzFeed and Emad Burnat’s Detention at LAX" by Michael Moore, www.huffingtonpost.com. February 27, 2013.

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• Citizen participation is a device whereby public officials induce nonpublic individuals to act in a way the officials desire.

  Daniel Patrick Moynihan

  Desire, Liberty, Citizens

  Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1970). “Toward a national urban policy”

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• In my office in Jerusalem, there's an ancient seal. It's a signet ring of a Jewish official from the time of the Bible. The seal was found right next to the Western Wall, and it dates back 2,700 years, to the time of King Hezekiah. Now, there's a name of the Jewish official inscribed on the ring in Hebrew. His name was Netanyahu.

  Benjamin Netanyahu

  Kings, Wall, Years

  Benjamin Netanyahu's Remarks to the U.N. General Assembly, www.mfa.gov.il. September 23, 2011.

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• Officials at the White House are saying that President Bush hasn't changed his schedule much since the war started. The main difference, they say, is that he's started watching the news and taping Sponge Bob.

  Conan O'Brien

  War, White, Differences

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• For students, understanding the separate and unique functions of each branch of government can help them understand how different kinds of government officials can help solve different kinds of problems.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Unique, Government, Understanding

  "My Exclusive Interview with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2009.

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• The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Judging, Democracy, Intimidation

  "My Exclusive Interview with Justice Sandra Day O’Connor". Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2009.

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• The freedom to criticize judges and other public officials is necessary to a vibrant democracy. The problem comes when healthy criticism is replaced with more destructive intimidation and sanctions.

  Sandra Day O'Connor

  Judging, Healthy, Democracy

  Interview with Marianne Schnall, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 29, 2009.

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