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“There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive.”

Passion Literature Passionate Shrinking Fugitive Earmarks

Book:The Passionate State of Mind

Source: The Passionate State of Mind

“Our legislative victory - an end to earmarks.”

Ends Victory Earmarks

Author:Rand Paul

“During my first term in Congress, I signed a pledge that I will take no more earmarks and I've been faithful to that pledge.”

Firsts Term Congress Faithful Pledge Earmarks

Author:Michele Bachmann

“After the $700 billion bailout, the trillion-dollar stimulus, and the massive budget bill with over 9,000 earmarks, many of you implored Washington to please stop spending money that we don't have. But instead of cutting, we saw an unprecedented explosion of government spending and debt. It was unlike anything we've ever seen before in the history of the country.”

“We need earmark reform, and when I'm President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely.”

Needs President Lines Spending Reform Spending Money Earmarks

Author:Barack Obama

“Earmarks have become a symbol of a Congress that has broken faith with the people. This earmark ban shows the American people we are listening and we are dead serious about ending business as usual in Washington.”

People Shows Serious Broken Listening Congress Symbols Usual Corny Bans Earmarks

Author:John Boehner

“House and Senate Republicans are now united in adopting earmark bans. We hope President Obama will follow through on his support for an earmark ban by pressing Democratic leaders to join House and Senate Republicans in taking this critical step to restore public trust.”

House President United Leader Steps Support Republican Democratic Critical President Obama Senate Corny Bans Adopting Follow Through Public Trust Earmarks Democratic Leaders

Author:John Boehner

“For the air of lonely men surrounded him now, a still atmosphere in which the world around him slipped away, leaving him incapable of relationship, an atmosphere against which neither will nor longing availed. This was one of the significant earmarks of his life.”

Men World Stills Air Lonely Longing Leaving Significant Atmosphere Incapable Lonely Man Earmarks Leaving Him

Book:Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays

Source: Six Novels: With Other Stories and Essays

“It had all the earmarks of a CIA operation; the bomb killed everybody in the room except the intended target!”

Rooms Operations Bombs Target Cia Earmarks

Author:William F. Buckley, Jr.

“Look, we know we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell in love with power. We spent way too much money - especially on earmarks. There was too much corruption when we ran this place. We were guilty. And that's why we lost.”

Knows Way Looks Lost Too Much Majority Corruption Guilty Ran Lost Love Screwed Up Earmarks

Author:Eric Cantor

“La Raza stands for 'The Race' - and they say so openly. They are a pro-Hispanic organization; I will call them a racist organization. They base their philosophy on race. They advocate for those minorities that fit within the category that they define as drives them. They are apologists for illegal immigrants - and we are funding them with your tax dollars in this administration through earmarks. It is outrageous. It's an in-your-face act on the part of this Congress.”

“Think of Jonathan Edwards who thundered the terrors of God and what Hell was like until men grasped their seats and hung on to them, fearing they were falling into Hell itself. Men were moved by fear to escape damnation. That was believed to be Christianity. Why any coward wanted to keep out of Hell. He might not have had one idea in his soul of what was the real true earmark of Christianity.”

Thinking Men Ideas Real Soul Might Wanted Fall Christianity Hell Moved Terror Seats Coward Hung Damnation Earmarks Real True

Author:John G. Lake

“Finally, in the Mississippi state Senate, earmarks are often hidden in bond bills, which I have voted against many times, because our bonded indebtedness is too high and we simply can't afford it. For example, building museums in the middle of a recession makes little sense.”

Littles States Middle Example Building Bills Museums Senate Recessions Mississippi Indebtedness Earmarks Mississippi State

Author:Chris McDaniel

“I will veto every single beer, um, bill with earmarks.”

Bills Beer Veto Earmarks

Author:John McCain

“I think I'm the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won't take earmarks.”

Thinking Lasts Left Democrat Senate Defeated Earmarks

Author:Claire McCaskill

“I know of three ways to recognize another writer: Writers are shamelessly nosy. Writers tell good stories, even about dumb old, daily things. On most writers, the earmarks of thrift, if not outright povery, are evident.”

Ifs Knows Way Stories Three Dumb Evident Good Story Thrift Three Ways Earmarks

Author:Joyce Thompson

“The earmark favor factory needs to be boarded up and demolished, not turned over to new management that may or may not have a better eye for earmarks with 'merit.'”

Needs May Eye Management Favors Merit Factories Earmarks

Author:Tom Coburn

“Be sure to lay wide streets planted with shady trees, every other of a quick-growing variety. Be sure that there is plenty of space for lawns and gardens, reserved large areas for football, hockey and parks. Earmark areas for Hindu temples, Mohammedan mosques and Christian churches.”

Christian Church Space Growing Tree Streets Football Areas Garden Lays Wide Plenty Variety Parks Temples Hockey Reserved Lawns Mosques Christian Church Shady Earmarks

Author:Jamsetji Tata

“We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets.”

Knows Fighting Grows Horse Budgets Agency Trading Eliminating Earmarks Cutbacks

Author:Eric Cantor

“Peace is one of the most obvious earmarks of the authority of Christ. A sense of peace will virtually always accompany His will and direction, even when the direction might not have been our personal preference.”

Has Beens Might Christ Authority Obvious Preference Accompany Personal Preferences Earmarks

Book:Paul: 90 Days on His Journey of Faith

Source: Paul: 90 Days on His Journey of Faith

“Many of the earmark request forms are actually filled out by lobbyists and then just turned in by the member's staff to the appropriations committee.”

Form Members Filled Staff Committees Request Lobbyists Appropriation Earmarks Filled Out

Author:Jeff Flake

“Earmarks are supposed to be bad. But they don't increase spending.”

Increase Spending Supposed To Be Earmarks

Author:Todd Tiahrt

“I think we ought to ban earmarks. I think we ought to give citizens the opportunity to designate up to 10 percent of their federal income tax toward debt reduction. If we did that, we would reduce our debt by $95 billion a year.”

Ifs Thinking Giving Years Opportunity Ought Citizens Taxes Percent Debt Billions Income Corny Bans Reduction Income Tax Earmarks

Author:Carly Fiorina

“I've always been interested in past lives, because they're earmarks of what creates us.”

Past Past Life Earmarks

Author:Sylvia Browne

“I have never been opposed to earmarks.”

Author:Judd Gregg