Paul Weyrich Quotes

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• They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. . . . As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.

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  Voting, Want, Matter

  "The Hidden Election" by Thomas Ferguson and Joel Rogers, 1981.

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• Now many of our Christians have what I call the 'goo-goo syndrome.' Good government. They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people. They never have been from the beginning of our country, and they are not now. As a matter of fact our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.

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  Christian, Country, Government

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• We are talking about Christianizing America. We are talking about the Gospel in a political context.

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  Talking, America, Scary

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• The real enemy is the secular humanist mindset which seeks to destroy everything that is good in this society.

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  Real, Enemy, Mindset

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• We are different from previous generations of conservatives... We are no longer working to preserve the status quo. We are radicals, working to overturn the present power structure of this country.

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  Country, Different, Generations

  "Burying conservatism" by Ian Williams, www.theguardian.com. December 19, 2008.

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• Christ was crucified by the Jews who had wanted a temporal ruler to rescue them from the oppressive Roman authorities. Instead God sent them a spiritual leader to rescue them from their sins.... He was not what the Jews had expected so they considered Him a threat. Thus He was put to death.

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  Spiritual, Leader, Scary

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• Small scale is critical to local life, to the ability of local people to control what happens where they live.

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  People, Democracy, Scales

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• They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people, they never have been from the beginning of our country and they are not now.

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  Want, Vote

  Remarks to the Religious Roundtable in August 1980. "The Hidden Election: Politics and Economics in the 1980 Presidential Campaign". Book by Thomas Ferguson and Joel Rogers, 1981.

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• Conservative voters increasingly understand that the one legacy a president can leave is his judicial appointments.

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  President, Legacy, Voters

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• Many nations are like rebellious teenagers who try to figure out just how many times they can kick us in the teeth while still taking our money.

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  Money, Teenager, Trying

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• For one, the Qur'an is considered by Muslims to consist entirely of words spoken by Allah himself.

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  "Questions for CAIR" by Paul Weyrich, www.newsmax.com. January 21, 2004.

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• The average voter has to hear a point seven times before it registers.

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  Average, Voters, Seven

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• If a liberal News channel were launched it would fall flat on its face.

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  Fall, News, Faces

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• Second, a quarter to a third of those who listen to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are liberals.

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  Quarters, Thirds, Sean

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• But the threat posed by the radical Islamists represents an unusual conflict, unlike any experienced by our nation before: we face an enemy that is not a state.

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  Enemy, Faces, Conflict

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• In the past, children learned their values at home, reinforced by organizations such as the Boy Scouts and, of course, their church or synagogue, but in all too many families that is no longer the case.

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  Children, Home, Boys

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• Politics aside, it will be hard for any new liberal radio network to outdo the professionalism of NPR.

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  Npr, Politics, Radio

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• What changed their mind was Jimmy Carter's intervention against the Christian schools, trying to deny them tax-exempt status on the basis of so-called de facto segregation.

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  Christian, School, Mind

  "Audacity and irony" by Angelia Wilson, www.theguardian.com. April 12, 2008.

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• The President has a short time to let people know that he is serious about getting spending under control.

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  People, President, Serious

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• Advertisers are very wary of ideological media.

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  Media, Ideological, Advertisers

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• Every Arab nation votes against us at least two thirds of the time.

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  Two, Vote, Thirds

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• The White House alone cannot hold its opponents accountable.

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  White, House, Opponents

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• Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees.

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  Country, Islamic, Opportunity

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• Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role.

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  Judging, Understanding, Roles

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• Many Muslims honor people of other faiths and do not kill.

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  People, Honor

  "Questions For CAIR" by Paul Weyrich, www.newsmax.com. January 21, 2004.

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