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The census should not be political.


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MICHAEL ARIENS The issue of redistricting using the 2000 Census doesn't seem likely to me to be successful. The pol...
MICHAEL ARIENS It's not a census. We're doing our best to find out who's there and to find out why they're there. A...
DAVID MILLER The fact that Robert Blake wants a do-over doesn't mean that he's entitled to one. The fact that Mr....
ERIC DUBIN I took an oath to protect the Constitution, and protecting the Constitution means not letting the pr...
BLAKE FARENTHOLD As much as I hate to say it, what I'm coming to realize is that all we're really able to do ...
BLAKE FARENTHOLD Why is it every time there is a tragedy in the U.S., President Obama blames the gun rather than the ...
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BLAKE FARENTHOLD I see our veterans as American heroes, not as cartoon characters.
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BLAKE FARENTHOLD It's said that you can tell a lot about someone by who opposes them. In the case of liberal pund...
BLAKE FARENTHOLD The purpose of the criminal justice system is both to rehabilitate and to punish. If we can rehabili...
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BLAKE FARENTHOLD Running on the pledge to end two wars, President Obama has the country entangled in three: Syria, Af...
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BLAKE FARENTHOLD I've already composed and written a letter to the House administration telling them to withhold ...
BLAKE FARENTHOLD You can't not approve a merger because you don't like the companies' politics. That'...
BLAKE FARENTHOLD I'm a Texan - my idea of gun control is hitting what you aim at and nothing else.
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BLAKE FARENTHOLD The fourth amendment specifically was designed to prohibit general warrants. How could collecting ev...
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BLAKE FARENTHOLD If you are just using the service to look at Web sites and download e-mail, then a DSL line may be c...
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BLAKE FARENTHOLD I serve and answer to the Texans I represent - not the Hollywood elite.
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BLAKE FARENTHOLD Do I have a reasonable expectation of privacy in any information that I share with a company? My Goo...
BLAKE FARENTHOLD I did vote to defund the Obama program that defers deporting the so-called DREAMers, because that wa...
BLAKE FARENTHOLD I think that we're so generous in some of our social problems that people are unwilling to get a...
BLAKE FARENTHOLD I actually enjoy having the Capitol view. We started referring to it as the trillion dollar view.
BLAKE FARENTHOLD In an urban area, you're not going to be an hour away from another post office.
BLAKE FARENTHOLD Nobody in the Washington regulatory bureaucracy gets fired for saying no.
BLAKE FARENTHOLD We can't get serious about immigration reform until we stop people from crossing the border ille...
BLAKE FARENTHOLD [The census] makes the difference look very stark, when in reality it should be much closer together...
KIRK JOHNSON Faith is not a political strategy and should not be a political strategy. If it is being used as a t...
JOHN EDWARDS We should not have assumed that a political space station could be built.
LARRY NIVEN Emergency-response management should be based on career expertise and not political connections,
MARK UDALL The army will not get involved in the political conflict. Political troubles should be resolved by p...
GEN. SONDHI BOONYARATKALIN The army will not get involved in the political conflict. Political troubles should be resolved by p...
GENERAL SONTHI BOONYARATGLIN Our aims in political activism are not, and should not be, to create a perfect utopia.
PAUL WELLSTONE We believe the political process should be inclusive.
SCOTT MCCLELLAN The people of this country, not special interest big money, should be the source of all political po...
PAUL WELLSTONE Death, especially violent death, will turn the meanest bastard in the world into a nice guy. Why is ...
LAURELL K. HAMILTON Exploiting the victims of Hurricane Katrina for political cash is a disgrace, and Sen. Clinton shoul...
BRIAN NICK The government should not spy on groups engaging in peaceful political protest. The FBI should focus...
KATHLEEN TAYLOR Every machine should look just about identical in the Census Bureau. We wanted to make things easy s...
CRAIG NEWELL Political activities in Russia should be as transparent as possible. Financing political activities ...
VLADIMIR PUTIN We are playing a very important role in the design of the 2010 Census. As a census test site, we are...
HAROLD FRAZIER I am not a farceur. I am not Blake Edwards.
SYDNEY POLLACK Success should stem from entrepreneurial creativity, not political connectivity.
FOSTER FRIESS I think, what matters is that there should be a real dialogue among the political parties. Electoral...
HERVE JOUANJEAN This should be a non-political, non-partisan process,
CHARLIE MELANCON Lawyers should not be charged with the same crimes as their clients. Trials related to political cha...
SHIRIN EBADI The issue here is not political. Hence, politics should take the back seat here,
GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO Why should people who happen to be Christians be booted out of the political process?
KEITH BUTLER There seems no reason why patriotism and narrowness should go together, or why intellectual fairmind...
HERMAN MELVILLE Political views in the hiring of career attorneys and staff should not be used. If I am asked to do ...
ALEXANDER ACOSTA The American people should not wonder where their military leaders draw the line between military ad...
MARTIN DEMPSEY The political parties and groups that did not take part in the election should be invited to partici...
ADNAN PACHACHI Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You ...
AARON SORKIN China's currency policy is not directly linked to the census result. China will not change the curre...
LI DESHUI I don't know who mentioned William Blake first, but Allen talked about his visions of Blake and I to...
MICHAEL MCCLURE Men are not allowed to think freely about chemistry and biology: why should they be allowed to think...
AUGUSTE COMTE Sometimes it would be nice not to have to do my best. Sometimes it would just be nice not to have a ...
LAURELL K. HAMILTON Refugees are given shelter in the country and they should confine themselves to being refugees and s...
AZIZ AHMAD Climate change should not fundamentally be seen as a political or partisan issue, but it has been tu...
JAMES BALOG The Census provides highs that are too low and lows that are too high. In effect, the Census income ...
WAYNE VILLEMEZ On paper, this district was designed (after the 2000 census) to be competitive, but elections aren't...
RICK LARSEN We are working with the census to resolve these conflicts.
JENNIFER ALBERS Today's Islamic fundamentalism is also a cover for political motifs. We should not overlook the ...
JURGEN HABERMAS Religious faith is a powerful force for good, and it ought to result in people coming together and s...
TED STRICKLAND If they have a legal ballot, it should be counted. If it is not a legal ballot, it should not be cou...
BOB KERREY Billionaires like the Koch brothers, casino mogul Sheldon Adelson, and political puppet master Karl ...
HANK JOHNSON Blake has improved, as a player, probably the most. He might be first and second.
TERRY HOEPPNER It's not going to be that easy the rest of the season, ... Blake has to play extremely well for us t...
STEVE SPURRIER The political and military position of socialism should be further cemented so that it can be an imp...
KIM JONG-UN Political development should start at the grassroots.
ABDULLAH II OF JORDAN One's position should be guided on a strong personal conviction, not political opportunism. Ed Cox h...
THOMAS BASILE I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one sh...
RAY BRADBURY Blake did a good job on their best kid; he took him out early. Blake is our stopper.
RUDY CAREY We've got to get Blake going,
STEVE SPURRIER They should have a laptop computer with a white sticker with the U.S. Census Bureau sticker on it, a...
MAGDALIS LOPEZ I don't have the speed Blake has.
COLLEEN DE REUCK Perry has shown that he gives no quarter in political races. None should be expected.
BILL MILLER When the commander-in-chief sends Americans to fight and die, it should be only to protect our vital...
KATHLEEN TROIA MCFARLAND Justice Scalia, Congress did not pick on the parties. The party and the candidates are one in the sa...
TED OLSON We believe the American Community Survey is the future, not only for the census bureau, but also for...
LOUIS KINCANNON Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
NORMAN DOUGLAS Distrust of authority should be the first civic duty.
NORMAN DOUGLAS Anyone who wants to be part of the political process should adopt values that are compatible with de...
NAJIB RAZAK I think tolerance is something everybody needs to be reminded of, especially in a reactionary politi...
BRUCE DAVISON I will reconsider my endorsement for Mr. Gore if he takes this political position, ... I do not thin...
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Distorts the heavens from pole to pole
And leads you to be...
WILLIAM BLAKE To me this world is all one continued vision of fancy or imagination, and I feel flattered when I am...
WILLIAM BLAKE What is now proved was only once imagined.
WILLIAM BLAKE To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of...
WILLIAM BLAKE My mother groaned, my father wept, into the dangerous world I leapt; helpless, naked, piping loud, l...
WILLIAM BLAKE When thou seest an eagle, thou seest a portion of genius; lift up thy head!
WILLIAM BLAKE I have no name: I am but two days old. What shall I call thee? I happy am, Joy is my name. Sweet joy...
WILLIAM BLAKE Want of money and the distress of a thief can never be alleged as the cause of his thieving, for man...
WILLIAM BLAKE I must create a system or be enslaved by another man s; I will not reason and compare: my business i...
WILLIAM BLAKE He who desires but acts not, breeds pestilence.
WILLIAM BLAKE That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against t...
WILLIAM BLAKE You smile with pomp and rigor, you talk of benevolence and virtue; I act with benevolence and virtue...
WILLIAM BLAKE Sweet babe, in thy face Soft desires I can trace, Secret joys and secret smiles, Little ...
WILLIAM BLAKE O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath...
WILLIAM BLAKE