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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• In short, it is the position of the people of the United States, as expressed by their representatives in Congress, that Israel's fight is our fight. And so shall it be until the last terrorist on earth is in a cell or a cemetery.

  Tom DeLay

  Fighting, Israel, Cells

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• The architects of this wickedness will find no safe harbor in this world. We will chase our enemies to the furthest corners of this Earth. It must be war without quarter, pursuit without rest, victory without qualification

  Tom DeLay

  Memorial Day, War, Enemy

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• Without any coherent international blueprint the White House has bombed its way around the globe, while dropping troops far and wide for ill-defined peacemaking duties. This policy has gutted the American military which now must be rebuilt.

  Tom DeLay

  Military, White, House

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• Emotional appeals about working families trying to get by on $4.25 an hour are hard to resist.

  Tom DeLay

  Emotional, Trying, Minimum Wage

  Congressional Record, Volume 142, No.53, April 23, 1996.

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• Nothing is more important in the face of a war than cutting taxes.

  Tom DeLay

  War, Cutting, Important

  "A Cut Too Far" by James Surowiecki, www.newyorker.com. April 21, 2003.

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• Only Christianity offers a comprehensive worldview that covers all areas of life and thought, every aspect of creation. Only Christianity offers a way to live in response to the realities that we find in this world - only Christianity.

  Tom DeLay

  Reality, Way To Live, World

  "DeLay Criticized for 'Only Christianity' Remarks". Tom DeLay's speech at the First Baptist Church of Pearland, Texas, www.washingtonpost.com. April 12, 2002.

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