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Sure there are dishonest men in local government. But there are dishonest men in national government too.

Richard M. Nixon

Instead of fulfilling the promise of infinite orgasmic bliss, sex in the America of the feminine mystique is becoming a strangely joyless national compulsion, if not a contemptuous mockery.

Betty Friedan

I have left orders to be awakened at any time in case of national emergency, even if I'm in a cabinet meeting.

Ronald Reagan

I don't want prizes. I turned down the National Institute of Arts and Letters when I was elected to it in 1976 on the grounds that I already belonged to the Diner's Club.

Gore Vidal

A national debt, if it is not excessive, will be to us a national blessing.

Alexander Hamilton

In France, cooking is a serious art form and a national sport.

Julia Child

The senate and congressional campaign committees keep getting more and more narrow in their targeting - there is little work done on national message.

Wes Boyd

[Rita] could have a significant impact on supply and prices -- this really is a national disaster.

Bill Greehey

Television was supposed to be a national park. Instead it has become a money machine. It's a commodity now, just like pork bellies.

Fred Friendly

I really feel good about the team and what they did. This is just the first tournament of the year for the National Team. I'm expecting even greater things.

Julian Jackson

Although National has hundreds of Boomer amplifiers, we currently offer eight Class D Boomer amplifiers. It's a smaller subset of the family. The others are mostly Class AB amplifiers.

Gary Adrig

Currently there is an ongoing investigation to determine if there was criminal conduct and we continue to assess the implications for national security.

David Leavy

I'm not happy with either party on national security. We have a lot of politicians but not a lot of statesmen.

Robert Hirsch

Cricket South Africa did indicate they would try and get me more involved with the national team and give me more of a hands-on role.

Allan Donald

We're talking about consolidation. How many companies will be involved, I don't know. We're in talks with more than one integrated steel company. Our talks with National are just further down the pike.

John Armstrong

We were really excited about his semifinal performance. His experience of competing against some of the best runners in the world was good for him. That will set him up to do well at the conference and national championships.

Bubba Thornton

I guess it would be called The Bahamas National Energy Agency (NEA), ... a quasi government agency just as Bahamasair is.

Leslie Miller

The premier didn't mean to say that there would be national elections for senators this fall. He clarified (to me) that there would be discussions this fall on Senate elections.

Marisa Etmanski

It is the second company that gives that kind of a chance to investors to buy into a national telecom footprint and a global business through Flag Telecom.

Jigar Shah

The initial purpose of the league was to give our local, deserving stars the opportunity of national attention right here in their own backyards.

Jeff Feldman

I do tend to stick more closely to the North Carolina cases. The national law is instructive but not binding.

Fleming Bell

The effect on the national economy should be transitory.

Thomas Hoenig

We prefer United for its service and because it covers most national routes.

David Snyder

We are working closely with the Philippine National Bureau of Investigation and they are looking at one subject.

Michael Vatis

We'll run through a lot of things that we're going to do at nationals and find out if there are any glitches in the system. That way we can fine-tune. We'll have a month before the national championship and we can get everything in place before we actually run the NCAA Championship.

Tanya Chaplin

The National League asked each local league to do something to commemorate September 11. We wanted something endorsing the ideas of community service, communication and volunteerism.

Barbara King

Birmingham is participating in a national programme of commemorations to mark the bicentenary of the Battle of Trafalgar in October.

John Alden

The new national campfire-radio.

Linda Ellerbee

It's generally easier going about your business as a provincial politician if the national leader is of different stripe.

Sean Conway

It's the national anthem of tap.

Nancy Traina

It would be national and international.

Paul Ross

In Australia, not reading poetry is the national pastime.

Phyllis Mcginley

Our goal is to get it retired by the All-Star Game, ... We're starting a national campaign.

Fernando Mateo

I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?

Robert Redford

Four of the mansions will be on the market this year. Because they are national landmarks, there are tight restrictions on modifications owners can do to the exterior of the mansions.

Jason Keadjian

It is absolutely fantastic to be on the podium for the fifth day in a row and to hear the national anthem for the fourth time. He should have won the medal. He shot well but was a bit unlucky.

Samaresh Jung

If this carries on, ... the momentum to create what's called a government of national unity will become inexorable.

David Landau

In today's world, a national broadband network is basic infrastructure and a source of competitive advantage.

Lee Hsien Loong

I think our situation here is we host the national tournament, and it's not an easy job (to get there). But he wasn't a failure.

Randy Stange

We got a fifth year back for him and he took full advantage of it. He had a ton of heart and got his national championship. I just couldn't be happier. That goes along with his sixth-place finish in the long jump which was unexpected. It was just awesome.

Dick Booth

We were led to believe a national emergency was created when the pipelines were shut down.

Jim Compton

The New York area is a very good market for insurers, with a lot of large companies headquartered there that can use their national coverage.

Michael Obuchowski

Our vital national interest.

Natwar Singh

Most of Longview's numbers are below the national average. But recent job growth is up, which is a good sign.

Skip Rimer

My husband's buried in Arlington (National Cemetery) because that is what he wanted. He was very patriotic. He felt everybody should serve their country in some way.

Ladonna Somers

He has wrestled in many, many national competitions.

Mark Grindstaff

Unbelievable, ... It was one of those trades like, 'Who knew?' Guys in the National League knew what he could do.

Dmitri Young

National Lampoons Animal House.

John Belushi

The point that has to be made is that national disasters are, in the aggregate, predictable, and we can budget for them, ... Acts of God: The Unnatural History of Natural Disasters in America.

Theodore Steinberg

A lot of these kids will never even get a chance to go to a national game. And they deserve it because they're such a good group.

Jackie Nelson

Historically, people thought of a national park as something huge, ... Delaware is not huge. But there is a lot of amazing history that has been made in the state.

Tom Carper

9/11 was an incredible day for all of us. It impacted us tremendously but for Stephen it was part of the reason he became a firefighter and joined the National Guard.

Stephen Tschiderer

Just as there isn't one Iraqi people, there isn't one Iraqi army. We won't be arming a national army, but armies that are loyal to three different groups.

Peter Galbraith

Mount a national crusade against the senate elections.

Morgan Tsvangirai

This is a government which takes national security seriously and that's not just national security against terrorism, it is national security against all forms of threat, including biological threat.

Tony Abbott

We need the National Guard on this border immediately, ... The safety of citizens is at risk.

Chris Simcox

Why should one U.S. airman give up his life when our national security is not in imminent danger?

Sean Hannity

The only option left is to continue our struggle in the National Assembly. We will push for our complaints to be dealt with, addressed properly.

Sam Rainsy

Trying to get national consistency, especially in basketball officiating.

Ralph Nelson

This vote is sort of a national vote of confidence for that leadership.

Juan Cole

T.O? He's a great dude, man. He has the best marketing strategy in the National Football League. Hey, you can't know the boy, man. It doesn't last that long.

Darnerien Mccants

'Growth' and 'progress' are among the key words in our national vocabulary. But modern man now carries Strontium 90 in his bones ... DDT in his fat, asbestos in his lungs. A little more of this 'progress' and 'growth,' and this man will be dead.

Morris K. Udall

No one believed that things that have been done on the national level could be done on the local level, but we have done it. No one else, in the Republican or Democratic campaigns, can catch us now.

Kahlil Byrd

We're not going to try to win the national championship in the first game. We really believe it's about what we do.

Cassandra Yancy

The purpose of the National Guard never was to occupy another country.

Bob Hanson

The national sentiment is against the Senate structure.

William Bango

For one reason or another, this program has never had a national publication.

David Leavitt

What we need is a national coordinated federal law enforcement oversight of airports because we are only as safe as our weakest link.

Mary Schiavo

I would say that the city, state and national government just turned their backs on us because we didn't get anything to eat or drink, there was no law and order, and no plan.

John Brunious

The Environmental Protection Fund is a national model and it's something New Yorkers should be proud of.

David Miller

Every war is a national misfortune.

Helmeth Von Moltke

If this plan is approved, it will make Illinois the national leader (in early learning) hands-down.

Don Owens

When this report is issued and the debate then begins ... the National Association of Home Builders is going to do its damnedest to protect the preferred treatment of housing in the tax code.

Jerry Howard

That's perhaps the most important thing. A good man can go have a good camp. Then he goes from a local recruit to a region or national recruit.

Darryl Page

Shoot every cop, National Guard (member) and politician who stands in your way, including George W. Bush, if need be.

Phillip Bailey

I saw a team that plays extremely hard with a lot of confidence. They're a team to be reckoned with on a national level. They know what it takes to win at that level, too.

Rob Childress

It came at a time when the Arizona quarterback threw one of the least artistic passes in the history of the National Football League.

Paul Tagliabue

It was fun to make that pact. I knew it probably wouldn't last, and I can't fault those guys. Those guys are in a situation where they can make a living for their families, and they went out on top. They went out as national champions. You can't get much better than that.

David Noel

We have resumed natural gas supply from the field on Wednesday at 4:15 p.m. to the national grid.

Brian Adolph

Those are much lower than national numbers. It's still an issue for us, though, especially alcohol.

Pat Bird

Nathan was playing some great golf that day, but there were still a lot of holes to play. You're in the finals of a national championship, you just want to have a chance because you never know what might happen. Now, I guess I will never know.

Bryan Norton

Our political differences, now matter how sharply they are debated, are really quite narrow in comparison to the remarkably durable national consensus on our founding convictions.

John Mccain

This is believed to be the first time that criminal charges have been brought against national exchange members.

Jo White

What kept coming up is I have such a different philosophy about the game than what April has and what the national team has, ... It's not fun anymore.

Tiffeny Milbrett

Yeah, it could be. Interestingly, some national polls show that John McCain would beat Hillary Clinton.

David Rebovich

I'm the guy who brings forms for All-American times to the meet. This year I might have to bring some (high school) national record forms too.

Jeff Lowell

It's definitely a big game. Huge atmosphere. National TV. We're tied in the standings, so it's big for both teams.

Christian Moody

This is appalling that the National Cancer Institute did not make this available as soon as possible. It's been too long sitting on this.

Arjun Makhijani

It's all the same to me. I'm enjoying this just as much as if I had won it individually. It's a national championship, and that's a great feeling.

Laura Coble

I think the maximum that you can be on national television is six, so with four already scheduled we potentially could have two more that could be moved. I would expect that we will have at least one moved.

Art Rooney

The king is trying to fool the international community through meaningless elections. This will not solve any national problem. It will only deepen them.

Rajendra Dahal

America has never seen itself as a national state like all others, but rather as an experiment in human freedom and democracy.

Brent Scowcroft

It is hard to see the justification for ratcheting the national PM standard lower at this point.

Scott Segal

The impact on research could be very serious. The bottom line is that research that benefits both our economy and our national security just won't happen.

Barry Toiv

I had announced at the Chennai meeting of the BJP National Executive that I will step down as president. I have done so.

L.k. Advani

Across the board, we have every state failing to meet the national goal of 15 percent or less of the population being obese.

Shelley Hearne

Overtime is our time. What a better way to win a national championship than in overtime, which was our time all season long?

Marissa Coleman

This is a whim of the president to change the position of the horse on our national coat of arms just because his daughter asked him to.

Oscar Perez

He's a historical spiritual leader and national apostle. St. Patrick's Day is a really spiritual day in Ireland.

Monsignor Eugene O'connor

We believe there have been positive developments in Armenia and Azerbaijan and it is in our foreign policy and national security interests to remove them.

Phil Reeker

New missions, new personnel and new equipment are hard to come by in this time of dwindling resources. This is a real feather in the cap for the Arizona Air National Guard.

Maj. Paul Aguirre

Otis will remain an active Air National Guard facility, ... and will be eligible for future missions as determined by the Air Force.

Thomas Reilly

It was my decision to balance what was most important to people in South Mississippi with this all-of-a-sudden national crisis of not enough gas or diesel fuel.

Jim Compton

That (is) the gist of our challenge, that the National Environmental Policy Act and its state counterpart, the California Environmental Quality Act, are on the books to influence how decisions are derived, not to be applied after they're decided.

Teresa Schilling

However, putting three teams in the top six of a national championships is not an inconsiderable achievement.

Neil Miller

Both collected intelligence for spy agencies in Taiwan, causing a serious threat to China's national security.

Xinhua News Agency

We had some National Guardsmen here, but they were unarmed.

Phil Ramon

If I'm not playing at a high level then I won't be in the national team.

Henrik Larsson

A citizen of America will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won't cross the street to vote in a national election.

Bill Vaughn

The outgoing office has done a lot for the national team and our main duty now is to ensure they were in camp as soon as possible.

Dan Wanyama

A spirit of national masochism prevails, encouraged by an effete corps of impudent snobs who characterize themselves as intellectuals.

Spiro T. Agnew

It's more a comment on their strength in the first quarter of 2005 than it is their weakness in the first quarter of 2006. It's clear it was a very good quarter for National Bank.

Jason Bilodeau

We really feel good, and we're happy to be coming home. [The national championships] will be more of a show for us than a real competition. We hope a lot of people will come and watch, and we're going to put on an exciting show.

Galit Chait

As we move forward, we will evaluate possibilities for further collaboration as appropriate, ... Investments within the federal government make up an important segment of the national health IT infrastructure.

Karen Evans

A lot of our players do get a lot of national attention.

Tim Tessalone

With the president, Republicans are of two minds. With national security, there is a level of content. But with economics, there is a general level of discontent.

Chip Hanlon

We have done the Shanghai Circus and the National Acrobats of China in the past. And each time the audiences have been amazed by the daring feats of the performers.

Thom Cooper

From our perspective, and we are helping in printing and distribution, we are awaiting a text certified by the National Assembly. We don't expect that to happen before Sunday.

Nicholas Haysom

I don't care who we play. I'm excited about the fact that we get the chance to keep on playing and to compete for a national championship is a great honor.

Larry Just

It's pretty exciting. We've never started off a national event with a win. This is huge and a great way to start off the week. This was a really good game for us.

Kelly Scott

There will be some cooperation with the Multi-National Forces, but the greatest responsibility will be for the Iraqi security forces to secure these elections.

Abdul Latif

We're going to step in, use our national resources and let them come to bear to reimburse the city.

Mike Tanner

It's time for them to win it. We've been the measuring stick because we're the last consensus national champions here. It's time.

James Street

Princeton is attempting here to attain a leadership role, a national leadership role, in something that we have come to see as a national problem.

Cass Cliatt

At the Olympic Games of 2004 this nightmare reappeared, because instead of hearing the national anthem at the final of the 200 meters we heard another anthem.

Michalis Dimitrakopoulos

These are children who are in the 185th percent of the national poverty level. If it weren't for this program, these children would not receive these meals and they may not be able to get these same meals anywhere else.

Debbie Pleimling

It takes on some special meaning. It's the national stage. One of those surreal things. Our guys, man, I've got to give them credit. They were really composed. There was no doubt from the get-go that we belonged.

Brad Huse

The tradition at Miami is not to play in a BCS game, but to play in the national championship game. When we don't do that, we're not living up to the tradition that's been set for us.

Brandon Meriweather

Foreign direct investment is so important to the growth of China's economy that the national government doesn't want to do anything to endanger that.

Clive Jones

They are definitely an improved team with Garcia and Palencia added to their lineup. These are guys with [Mexican] national team and World Cup experience.

Chris Henderson

We have built no national temples but the Capitol; we consult no common oracle but the Constitution.

Rufus Choate

What I have been seeing these past few days is nothing short of a national disgrace.

Joe Scarborough

It would be easier to pay off the national debt overnight than to neutralize the long-range effects of our national stupidity.

Frank Zappa

He has been affected for a fortnight and could not work out with the national team.

Horst Heldt

The National Organization for Women (NOW) is the activist group associated directly with the Women's Center.

Suzanne Onorato

If there's a golf course in heaven, I hope it's like Augusta National. I just don't want an early tee time.

Gary Player

The company we hired did what was considered the gold standard approach; they went to the courthouse and checked records, This was not one of those national $9.95 searches.

Shawn Bushway

The chairman said they wanted a national policy. It's all about competition and they aren't going to stop cities, either.

Barry Orton

Prior to September 11, 2001, illegal immigration was considered a regional issue without national implications. We quickly learned on that day, however, that this is a national issue, affecting each and every American, not just those living in border communities like San Diego County.

Duncan Hunter

We like the things for West Bengal, but the budget should be seen from a national perspective.

Anil Biswas

It is extremely damaging to U.S. national interests.

David Scheffer

This is an enormous burden to impose on our taxpayers, who would be responsible for paying the refund, and the benefit will go to National Grid.

Howard Weitzman

I told them, 'Sit down, because I've heard you brutalize a guy who won 300 games and three national championships and I know you'll get me one of these days, too.

K.c. Keeler

The Coast Guard has a long history of operating jointly with the Department of Defense forces in matters of national security.

James Hull

National security, economic interest -- bringing these people out of the shadows -- these things need to be addressed.

David Strange

There are a lot of new immigrants: from Korea, India, Fiji. It's not what you'd call a naturally National area.

Judith Collins

There's nothing easy about winning a game in the National Football League, let alone winning a championship, things that we've done in the past. However, that's in the past.

Rodney Harrison

National parks are national parks because they contain things that are unique on the national level. One of the components, the night sky, will be eroded away.

Chad Moore

It's our national sport, so this is the greatest.

Henrik Sedin

We will be in the national light as a historic property in need of preservation.

Chip Aikens

The national thing is over. Now we're going back to our goal of winning a state championship.

Ashleigh Braxton

We have never had a Midget tournament here. The highest we've had is Bantam. And it's the first national-bound hockey tournament we've had here.

Ted Sim

This game has been declared the national championship. If we win, I'll consider myself and my team the national champions.

Marcus Spears

It will be a national environmental facility. There's nothing like it in our country.

David Oman

It dawned on me that we didn't have any national meeting, much less an organization, for youth that were fighting the tobacco industry.

Katherine Klem

It was great to be the first representative of the school at the national competition.

Jennifer Lurk

We will continue to engage in this collaborative process with the goal of implementing a system that aligns with our national security mission.

Joyce Frank

China's national interest, the increase in deal opportunities, and the emergence of Chinese 'challengers' have all contributed to this strong momentum of M&A deals.

Jim Hemerling

We all have to embrace in national unity ... avoid radicalism and learn politics.

Xanana Gusmao

I'm not saying it doesn't hurt, but the NSA will go on. We're a national organization [headquartered in Lexington, Ky.]. We'll be back in business.

Tom Zehmer

This is a national tragedy and a public health problem demanding national leadership.

Tipper Gore

I believe that there are 44 similar complaints against highly respected people in important positions at the national level.

Amar Singh

Securing a clean National Games is the most important factor of a successful Games, ... We will do more tests before and during the Games, and we will conduct tests on Human Growth Hormone (HGH) for the first time in our history of National Games.

Liu Peng

Cable is fundamentally a local business and our competitors are much larger in geographic scope. Many of them are national, and our ability to work together with Sprint is really important to enable us to compete.

Glenn Britt

I was attracted by its national reputation and focus on health care.

Robyn Shapiro

Since its enactment, insurance premiums in Texas have risen at less than half the national average.

Jim Turner

They are all ... quite economical and inexpensive and sometimes free. Most of the national forests have some free camping. In some of the national forests in the West, all the camping is free.

Brandon Wright

The issue for me is making sure whoever chooses to fly here actually, genuinely comes here to support our national interests.

Rob Fyfe

Out-of-state contractors are not allowed to do business in California in areas that have been declared a national disaster. We snag one of them, and it's a trip to jail.

Carl Vega

Milosevic did not die in The Hague, he was killed in The Hague. But, he had managed to defend the national and state interests of Serbia and the Serb people, and everybody should be grateful to him for that.

Ivica Dacic

Overall, these two initiatives will help us meet national standards and to continue providing the services that our community has come to expect.

Cindy Matthews

But by and large, this certainly isn't a national movement in the restaurant industry.

Hudson Riehle

The Prime Minister has been chairman of the national AIDS committee but has not attended one meeting.

David Fox

It's not a national housing market, it's a regional market and even a neighborhood market. It can be great in the Northeast and not so great everywhere else.

Robert Moles

Kurt proposed the decriminalization of drugs and was pilloried. He wanted to start a national discussion, and he got national condemnation.

Herbert Smith

[Winning] the national championship is really one of our goals.

Collin Wallace

I'm going to be a national champion.

Quinten Fuentes

It's not just local government's responsibility, it's a national issue. The societal costs are everywhere.

Patrick Fleming

It has gone too quick. Everyone told us that would happen and to just enjoy each year because it does go so fast. We were so fortunate his freshman year winning a national championship. We couldn't have had it any better.

Judy Hawk

That was the first thing I said when I got back in the locker room, I can't wait until Monday. It's a big game, national TV.

Jeff Adrien

I've said it all year, this is in my opinion the best team in the [National League] East, for sure.

Paul Quantrill

Believe it or not, people experience the same things when it comes to buying life insurance - or making any big financial decision. It's just not on national TV and it's not nearly as dramatic. Sadly, many people just put off making any decision, sometimes until it's too late.

Bob Kerzner

That can be a springboard to bring (the health care debate) to the national level.

Betty Johnson

We've opened every area we can open in the Superdome and the (adjacent) Arena. Our offices have become a bunkhouse for the National Guard.

Glenn Menard

In T-1, our goal was to repeat with the Corvette, and get the Viper and Andrew up there. In T-2 with the Subaru, we wanted to win division and national championships.

Joe Aquilante

He's really built a national social movement. Fox has been a great campaign manager for him.

Lorenzo Meyer

Do not worry about the incarnation of ideas. If you are a poet, your works will contain them without your knowledge -- they will be both moral and national if you follow your inspiration freely.

Vissarion Belinsky

The recovery of the bald eagle is a great national success story.

Dale Hall

I got the feeling like this was the beginning of a national movement. Everybody was talking about what they were going to do when they got back.

Angela Sanbrano

All such divisive policies are detrimental to national unity and integrity.

L.k. Advani

They are ranked in the top ten in the East Regional, and they are looking for a top national ranking.

Mac Gifford

All this speculation that he's no longer a National League player, that he's only fit to be a DH, all that goes by the wayside.

Peter Magowan

It really makes you want to send him out with a bang. To win a national championship would be awesome.

Stacy Schrandt

It's just funny to me how no one respects us. We were just thinking, 'When are we going to get respect? Just when?' I guess we just have to win the national championship.

Laura Harper

Every year you have these goals: to win the region and win a national championship. But our senior year, to host the regional, this was something we really expected to accomplish.

Tony Binetti

(The Russian National Ballet) brings beautiful dancing, lavish costumes and scenery. It will be a magical performance.

Thom Cooper

Our goal is to be right back as a national program - today.

Dave Maggard

It's not a shock to us that the national Republicans would back a Republican in the Democratic primary.

Adrienne Elrod

This is a war that has been fought by troops out of hometowns, from the ranks of the National Guard and Reserves.

David Broder

And I think maybe it added to the pressure that the game was on national TV.

Chris Gbandi