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The bulk of mankind have indeed, in all countries in their turn, been made the prey of ambition.


Mercy Otis Warren

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WARREN SPAHN A pitcher needs two pitches, one they're looking for and one to cross them up.
WARREN SPAHN What is life, after all, but a challenge? And what better challenge can there be than the one betwee...
WARREN SPAHN Hitting is timing. Pitching is upsetting timing.
WARREN SPAHN A sore arm is like a headache or a toothache. It can make you feel bad, but if you just forget about...
WARREN SPAHN And if you do all you can, that's all you can ever do.
WARREN RUDMAN If there were a major earthquake in Los Angeles, with bridges and highways and railroads and airport...
WARREN RUDMAN It was a bad idea, because I think that any government reorganization has to come in relatively smal...
WARREN RUDMAN Significant steps have been taken since 9-11 to protect out country here at home, but much remains t...
WARREN RUDMAN The other thing about FEMA, my understanding is that it was supposed to move into the Department of ...
WARREN RUDMAN Washington, D.C., has a much greater risk than Manchester, N.H. They both need some level of funding...
WARREN RUDMAN We have to make a determination of what the minimum standards are for police, fire and emergency ser...
WARREN RUDMAN Well, it's taken a long time to get the Department of Homeland Security established. It's ta...
WARREN RUDMAN And they will tell you unequivocally that if we have a chemical or biological attack or a nuclear at...
WARREN RUDMAN Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.
WARREN RUDMAN We tend to pay attention to that which is the most current on our radar screen.
WARREN RUDMAN The president's very right about one thing: When you have a disaster of that scale, whether it b...
WARREN RUDMAN The two things that could have been better is number one, to get major military force into the commu...
WARREN RUDMAN This may sound trite, but bad things happen to good people, and when you're facing terrorism, na...
WARREN RUDMAN If you have a major disaster involving hundreds of thousands, or in this case millions of people, wh...
WARREN RUDMAN When I was coming up as a kid, there were programs that kept me out of trouble and on the straight a...
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