Tom DeLay Quotes

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• My friends, there is no Palestinian-Israeli conflict. There is only the global war on terrorism.

  Tom DeLay

  War, Conflict, Terrorism

  "Delay Leads Intense Push for Jewish Voters" by Tom Curry, www.nbcnews.com. September 01, 2004.

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• I've been indicted for rules that don't even exist.

  Tom DeLay

  The Hill Interview, December 11, 2006.

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• It's the arrogance of man to think that man can change the climate of the world. Only nature can change the climate. A volcano, for instance.

  Tom DeLay

  Men, Thinking, Volcanoes

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• I don't believe there is a separation of church and state. I think the Constitution is very clear. The only separation is that there will not be a government church.

  Tom DeLay

  Believe, Thinking, Government

  TV preachers' Congressional luncheon, July 2001.

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• Cutting carbon in the supply chain is the next critical stage in the business contribution to reduce carbon emissions to tackle climate change and, represents a significant commercial opportunity.

  Tom DeLay

  Business, Cutting, Opportunity

  "Firms offered help shrinking carbon footprints" by Hilary Osborne, www.theguardian.com. November 21, 2006.

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• I am not a federal employee. I am a constitutional officer. My job is the Constitution of the United States, I am not a government employee. I am in the Constitution.

  Tom DeLay

  Jobs, Government, Constitution Of The United States

  "Talk Back Live" on CNN, December 19, 1995.

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• We have a small faction, and they are a minority, who believe they are there to govern. Then there is the majority of us who believe that indeed we are there to govern but more importantly we are there to be an opposition to the Democratic philosophy and the only way to do that is through confrontation.

  Tom DeLay

  Philosophy, Believe, Majority

  Houston Chronicle, April 14, 1991.

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• Forgiveness does not absolve you from consequences.

  Tom DeLay

  Doe, Consequence

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• Progressive companies regard climate change as an opportunity rather than a threat

  Tom DeLay

  Business, Opportunity, Climate

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• The best that can be said about embryonic stem cell research is that it is scientific exploration into the potential benefits of killing human beings.

  Tom DeLay

  Cells, Research, Benefits

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• Calculated and craven political stunt.

  Tom DeLay

  Political

  "'Unwinnable' comment draws GOP fire" by Ted Barrett, www.cnn.com. May 10, 2004.

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• These are people that don't want to protect the American people... [T]hey will do anything, spend all the time and resources they can, to avoid confronting evil.

  Tom DeLay

  Evil, People, Hey

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• Howard Dean is a cruel and extremist demagogue. And Howard Dean is as ignorant on John Ashcroft as he is on national security. If this cruel, loudmouth extremist is the cream of the Democrat crop, next November's going to make the 1984 election look like a squeaker.

  Tom DeLay

  Ignorant, Looks, Next

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• Christianity offers the only viable, reasonable, definitive answer to the questions of Where did I come from? Why am I here? Where am I going? Does life have any meaningful purpose?

  Tom DeLay

  Meaningful, Scary, Doe

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• If Israel falls to the terrorists, the entire free world will tremble. To forsake Israel now would be tantamount to forsaking Great Britain in 1940. It is unthinkable, and it is unthinkable because the world wants to know if we believe freedom is worth fighting for.

  Tom DeLay

  Believe, Fall, Fighting

  "DeLay makes intense appeal for Jewish voters" by Tom Curry, www.nbcnews.com. September 1, 2004.

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• You know, there is an argument to be made that these extensions of unemployment benefits keep people from going and finding jobs. In fact there are some studies that have been done that show people stay on unemployment compensation and they don't look for a job until two or three weeks before they know the benefits are going to run out.

  Tom DeLay

  Running, Jobs, Two

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• It is not the principled partisan, however obnoxious he may seem to his opponents, who degrades our public debate, but the preening, self-styled statesman who elevates compromise to a first principle.

  Tom DeLay

  Self, Political, Principles

  Farewell Address to House of Representatives, delivered 8 June 2006

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• Just sprinkle a little lime to neutralize the acid.

  Tom DeLay

  Sprinkles, Littles, Acid

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• That's pretty tough talk from a guy who has fewer days at work this year than he has houses.

  Tom DeLay

  Years, House, Guy

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• For all its faults, it is partisanship - based on core principles- that clarifies our debates, that prevents one party from straying too far from the mainstream and that constantly refreshes our politics with new ideas and new leaders.

  Tom DeLay

  Party, Ideas, Leader

  Farewell Address to House of Representatives, delivered 8 June 2006

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• Mr. Speaker, there are some in this Chamber who believe that Christians, like well-behaved children, should be seen and not heard... Christians will not remain silent. We are here to stay.

  Tom DeLay

  Christian, Religious, Children

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• Until we begin to discover the national values that for centuries have allowed us to rise above our natures and act as civilized men and women, our country will continue to suffer the steady deterioration in standards that disturbs us all.

  Tom DeLay

  Country, Men, Suffering

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• It's never been proven that air toxics are hazardous to people.

  Tom DeLay

  Air, People, Environmental

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• American foreign policy is now one huge big mystery. Simply put, the administration is trying to lead the world with a feel-good foreign policy.

  Tom DeLay

  Feel Good, Trying, World

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• We are witnessing the criminalization of conservative politics.

  Tom DeLay

  Conservative

  "DeLay decries "politics of personal destruction". Tom DeLay's letter to the constituents, www.chron.com. October 28, 2005.

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