Takeovers Quotes

• It never occurred to me that we would have as grandiose a program as the Marshall Plan, but I felt that we had to do something to save Europe from economic disaster which would encourage the Communist takeover.

  W. Averell Harriman

  Europe, Communist, Economic

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• You bet every member of Congress who votes for this bill ought to read it, read it thoroughly, and understand that what we're looking at here amounts to nothing more than a government takeover of our health care economy, paid for with nearly a trillion dollars in new taxes on individuals and small businesses. And it must be opposed.

  Mike Pence

  Government, Dollars, Care

  "Why Read the Health Care Bill?". Interview with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. July 28, 2009.

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• But beyond the hysteria of phantom death panels, where is the abomination? Show me the provisions that will hurt consumers, because if you think a $110 billion a year tax break for working-class Americans to buy private health insurance is a government takeover, I welcome the debate.

  Jim McDermott

  Hurt, Thinking, Government

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• The biggest winners are surprises to me, and takeovers are even more surprising. It takes years, not months, to produce big results.

  Peter Lynch

  Years, Months, Winner

  Peter Lynch (2012). “One Up On Wall Street: How To Use What You Already Know To Make Money In”, p.285, Simon and Schuster

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• Business chief executive officers and their boards succumb to the pressures of the financial markets and their fears of takeovers and pour out their energies to produce quarterly earnings - at the expense of building their companies for the long term.

  J. Irwin Miller

  Long, Earning, Pressure

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• Junk bonds are the Holy Grail for hostile takeovers.

  Roger Miller

  Holy Grail, Junk, Hostile

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• I took a chance with my heart and I feel it taking over

  Drake

  Love, Romantic, Heart

  "Song: "Find Your Love" ("Thank Me Later")". May 5, 2010.

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• You need to face, you need to confront, and really properly look at what's happening, and not try and explain it away or give it justifications or anything, because at this juncture, we still, by our finger nails, have the chance to make a difference, and turn this around. And to not take part and to just watch…….., but if you don't push back, if you don't face it and confront it for what it is, it'll just takeover, and then no one will be free.

  Vivian Kubrick

  Differences, Giving, Making A Difference

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• Takeovers wouldn't cause the stock market to rise unless there is an upward reassessment of earnings (potential). People are more optimistic and confident about the future.

  Lawrence Summers

  Optimistic, People, Earning

  "Raiding Can Be Seen As Wake-Up Call For Corporate America". The Seattle Times, August 16, 1987.

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• Revival is not just an emotional touch; it's a complete takeover!

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss

  Emotional, Revival

  Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Tim Grissom (2009). “Seeking Him: Experiencing the Joy of Personal Revival”, p.18, Moody Publishers

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• I do not apologize for the takeover of the region by the Jews from the Palestinians in the same way I don't apologize for the takeover of America by the whites from the Red Indians or the takeover of Australia from the blacks. It is natural for a superior race to dominate an inferior one.

  Winston Churchill

  Race, America, Australia

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• The more there are riots, the more repressive actin will take place, and the more we face the danger of a right-wing takeover and eventually a fascist society.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Wings, Faces, Revolution

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• Maybe you reach a certain point in evolution where boredom is the greatest threat to your survival. Maybe this isn't a planetary takeover at all, but a game. Like a kid pulling wings off flies.

  Rick Yancey

  Kids, Games, Wings

  Rick Yancey (2014). “The Infinite Sea: The Second Book of the 5th Wave”, p.133, Penguin

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• Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources.

  Cynthia McKinney

  War, People, Gathering

  "Run, Cynthia, run" by Derek Wall, www.theguardian.com. January 2, 2008.

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• If I can win grammys then that means all you yet to be seen bedroom geniuses will one day TAKEOVER THE WORLD

  Skrillex

  Mean, Winning, One Day

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• Don't you know what marriage means in this world? They are mergers and acquisitions disguised as marriages. In other words, the takeover syndromes.

  Seo Do-young

  Drama, Mean, Acquisition

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• Without question, the true goal of some in Congress is to create a system of socialized medicine. It's politically expedient to slap a "patients’ rights" label on legislation that simply leads us closer to a complete government takeover of medicine.

  Ron Paul

  Rights, Government, Medicine

  "Bill Of Rights . . . Or Federal Takeover Of Medicine?". www.heartland.org. August 1, 2001.

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• Let us be clear about one thing: The tea party movement is not seeking a junior partnership with the Republican Party, but a hostile takeover of it.

  Matt Kibbe

  Party, Tea, Movement

  "Countdown" with Keith Olbermann, www.nbcnews.com. August 17, 2010.

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• The nine most terrifying words in the English language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."

  Ronald Reagan

  Government, Nine, Helping

  United States. President (1981-1989 : Reagan), Ronald Reagan (1982). “Ronald Reagan”

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• I think we all have a lot of room to drop and our takeovers were really safe so tonight we're still going to be safe but a little bit more risky than we were this morning and see if we can get our hand on the wall for a medal.

  Brittany MacLean

  Morning, Wall, Swimming

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• Net neutrality isn't a government takeover of the Internet, as many of my Republican colleagues have alleged.

  Al Franken

  Government, Neutrality, Republican

  "Net Neutrality Is Under Attack... Again" by Al Franken, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 8, 2011.

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• The britishh seizure of Hong Kong was an aspect of one of the most ugly crimes of the britishh Empire: the takeover and destruction of India, and the use of India to flood China with opium.

  Robert Trout

  India, Use, Ugly

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• Global warming, the ongoing destruction of the planet, Third World debt, the uselessness of the railways, the takeover by the corporations, the scary George Bush person: all these things are important and should be animating me into outrage. Yet somehow they do not.

  Arthur Smith

  Scary, Important, Ongoing

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• Czech Republic is an important part of central Europe. It's clear that we must participate in European integration. I am convinced that the Czech Republic - or, in the past, Czechoslovakia - would have been one of the founding members of the EU if it hadn't been for the communist takeover in 1948.

  Vaclav Klaus

  Past, Czech Republic, Europe

  "'The Past Is the Past'". Interview with Christian Neef and Jan Puhl, Renata Hanusova, www.spiegel.de. March 13, 2006.

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• For the first 200 years of our nation's history, corporations were never defined by the courts as persons with free speech rights under the First Amendment.  Only in recent years have we witnessed this corporate takeover of our First Amendment, culminating in the Citizens United ruling.

  John Bonifaz

  Rights, Years, Citizens United

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