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“Third, we will continue to draw on our substantial counterterrorism capabilities to prevent ISIL attacks. Working with our partners, we will redouble our efforts to cut off its funding; improve our intelligence; strengthen our defenses; counter its warped ideology; and stem the flow of foreign fighters into - and out of - the Middle East. And in two weeks, I will chair a meeting of the UN Security Council to further mobilize the international community around this effort.”

“Climate change is...a gross injustice-poor people in developing countries bear over 90% of the burden-through death, disease, destitution and financial loss-yet are least responsible for creating the problem. Despite this, funding from rich countries to help the poor and vulnerable adapt to climate change is not even 1 percent of what is needed.”

“All modeling efforts will inevitably converge on the result most likely to lead to further funding.”

Energy Results Effort Environment Climate Change Modeling Funding

Author:Charlie Martin

“Access to supercomputers. The science is well ahead of our ability to implement it. It's quite clear that if we could run our models at a higher resolution we could do a much better job-tomorrow-in terms of our seasonal and decadal predictions. It's so frustrating. We keep saying we need four times the computing power. We're talking just 10 or 20 million a year-dollars or pounds-which is tiny compared to the damage done by disasters. Yet it's a difficult argument to win.”

“Governments are trying to achieve unanimity by stifling any scientist who disagrees. Einstein could not have got funding under the present system.”

Trying Government Achieve Scientist Climate Change Disagree Funding Stifling Unanimity

Author:Nigel Calder

“Funding from rich countries to help the poor and vulnerable adapt to climate change is not even one percent of what is needed. This glaring injustice must be addressed at Copenhagen in December .”

Country Helping Poor Rich Needed Percent Climate Climate Change Injustice Vulnerable Funding December Help The Poor Rich Countries Copenhagen Poor And Vulnerable

Author:Barbara Stocking

“Several respected climate scientists have told me that there would be even more vocal skeptics if they were not afraid of losing funding, much of which is controlled by politically correct organizations.”

Ifs Would Be Losing Organization Scientist Climate Global Warming Controlled Not Afraid Vocal Funding Skeptic Politically Correct

Author:Peter Friedman

“Since I am no longer affiliated with any organization nor receiving any funding, I can speak quite frankly....As a scientist I remain skeptical.”

I Can Speak Organization Scientist Global Warming Receiving Funding Skeptical

Author:Joanne Simpson

“The problem we are faced with is that the meteorological establishment and the global warming lobby research bodies which receive large funding are now apparently so corrupted by the largesse they receive that the scientists in them have sold their integrity.”

Problem Body Integrity Research Scientist Global Warming Establishment Funding Largesse

Author:Piers Corbyn

“If you cut funding to libraries, you cut the lifeblood of our communities.”

Ifs Community Cutting Library Funding Our Community

Author:Richard M. Daley

“We are not voting for health care if we do not resolve this language on public funding for abortion - no public funding for abortion.”

Ifs Care Language Health Care Abortion Voting Resolve Funding Not Voting

Author:Bart Stupak

“Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry - not funding food stamps adequately, not funding school lunches adequately. So there is a political solution to the problem of hunger.”

People Problem School Political Issues Solutions Hunger Hungry Lunch Stamps Funding Food Stamps Political Issues School Lunch

Author:Tom Colicchio

“US academic institutions are being bought via funding by biotechnology firms which exert a vice-like grip on the US government.”

Government Environment Institutions Vices Firm Academic Funding Biotechnology

Author:Ignacio Chapela

“I'm going to insist on making sure that we've got decent funding, that we've got enough teachers, that we've got computers in the classroom, but unless you turn off the television set and get over a certain anti-intellectualism that I think pervades some low-income communities, our children are not going to achieve.”

Thinking Children Enough Certain Turns Community Teacher Achieve Television Computer Lows Our Children Income Decent Classroom Get Over Funding Turn Off Intellectualism Low Income

Author:Barack Obama

“The end of the occupation. The right of return of the Palestinian people. These are critical dividing lines in human rights. We have to be here. No American would put up with an Israeli-style occupation of their hometown for 53 days let alone 54 years. US tax dollars are funding violence against people of color inside the US borders and outside the US borders.”

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Author:Van Jones

“Don't let the bastards get you down.”

Entrepreneur Funding Successful Entrepreneurs Best Business

Book:Audition

Source: Audition

“We all know Reagan's legacy, from the Iran-Contra affair to the funding of the Nicaraguan military in which over 200,000 people died. The groundwork for the move steadily to the right happened with the Reagan administration. People want to elevate him to some mythic level; they have their own reason for doing that.”

People Knows Want Reason Moving Levels Happened Military Died Affair Administration Legacy Iran Funding Groundwork Iran Contra

Author:Danny Glover

“You can vote Liberal or Labor and you’ll get exactly the same amount of funding for your school”

School Amount Labor Vote Funding

Author:Christopher Pyne

“Increased funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program is a priority for the Bush Administration, and I am pleased that many families in North Carolina will benefit from this increase.”

Benefits Program Increase Priorities Administration Assistance Funding Carolina North Carolina

Author:Richard Burr

“We will make sure our troops have all that is necessary to complete their missions. That's why I went to the Congress last September and proposed fundamental - supplemental funding, which is money for armor and body parts and ammunition and fuel...”

Body Lasts Fundamentals Congress Missions Fuel Troops September Funding Armor Our Troops Ammunition

Author:George W. Bush

“This remains a very important opportunity for the American people to have their day in court against big tobacco and its marketing practices. I urge Congress to provide the funding to allow the lawsuit to move forward, and not to shield the tobacco industry from the consequences of its actions.”

“My father was unemployed and I was the eldest of seven children. We were very poor. And when you ask how did we support ourselves, the only funding that we had was unemployment payments.”

Children Asks Father Poor Support Seven Unemployment Payment Funding Unemployed Eldest Eldest Child

Author:John Hume

“What liberals mean by 'goose-stepping' or 'ethnic cleansing' is generally something along the lines of 'eliminating taxpayer funding for the National Endowment for the Arts.' But they can't say that, or people would realize they're crazy.”

People Mean Art Realizing Lines Crazy Funding Taxpayers Geese Cleansing Eliminating Ethnic Cleansing Endowment

Book:Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right

Source: Slander: Liberal Lies About the American Right

“The Spiral Gallery may happen, too. It is not dependent on government funding.”

May Government Happens Dependent Funding Gallery Spirals Government Funding

Author:Daniel Libeskind

“Funding privatized accounts with Social Security dollars would not only make the program's long term problems worse, but many believe it represents a first step toward undermining the program's fundamental goals.”

Firsts Believe Long Problem Social Goal Term Steps Security Program Accounts Fundamentals Dollars Long Term First Steps Social Security Funding Undermining

Author:Patty Murray

“It is common knowledge that Saudi Arabia is the most extremist of the Muslim States. It finances the infamous Madrassas (schools) that preach a litany of hate and turn out thousands of fanatical Islamic zealots. It indirectly provides the funding and its' citizens provide most of the fighters for Bin Laden's Al-Qaeda organization. It supports, financially and by other means, the Palestinian terrorists and other Muslim anti-Western groups throughout the world.”

“Man-made global warming was a potential serious threat, and NASA wanted Congress to fund new satellites to study the problem. It was a team effort to get that accomplished.”

Men Made Problem Wanted Energy Effort Study Environment Team Serious Threat Climate Change Congress Accomplished Global Warming Fund Funding Nasa Satellites Team Effort

Author:Roy Spencer

“We're looking to identify funds if we can. We're also looking at other resources to assist the government in making this a reality, ... At this point, we don't have a particular source of funding for that but we're still looking if we could help in finding another way to assist.”

Ifs Way Stills Helping Reality Government Particular Source Findings Resources Fund Another Way Funding

Author:Thomas G. Glenn

“It's a lot of money, but in reality what's important is the kids health. I suppose the day could come where we could walk away from it and figure out a new way for (that) funding.”

Way Important Reality Kids Walks Figures Lots Of Money New Ways Funding What's Important

Author:Jeff Carter

“Not only has President Bush broken his word on funding, he has not put in the effort required to turn this excellent idea into a lifesaving reality.”

Ideas Reality Turns President Effort Broken Excellent Funding President Bush

Author:Jamie Drummond

“I am opposed to abortion and to government funding of abortions. We should not spend state funds on abortions because so many people believe abortion is wrong.”

People Should Believe States Government Abortion Fund Funding Pro Life Government Funding

Author:William J. Clinton

“We really haven't had very much experience with people funding their retirement out of the stock market, and we don't know, frankly, how it would work under every scenario.”

People Knows Havens Retirement Funding Scenarios

Author:Ron Chernow

“As the GAO report recognizes, the long-term health of our forests relies on additional fuel reduction options and funding to reduce the risks that catastrophic fire poses to our nation's ecosystems, communities and federal budgetary resources.”

Long Nations Term Community Fire Risk Resources Forests Long Term Rely Fuel Reports Funding Reduction Ecosystems

Author:Greg Walden

“I will lobby tirelessly in cooperation with other mayors around the country to insure that federal funding for our recently added police officers continues.”

Country Police Cooperation Officers Funding Mayors Police Officer

Author:Alan Autry

“Our nation has kept faith with its veterans. Funding for veterans healthcare and benefits is strong, and has increased more than 75 percent in the last decade.”

Lasts Strong Nations Benefits Percent Decades Healthcare Veteran Funding

Author:Steve Buyer

“The promise of education reform can never be fulfilled without adequate funding, and by shortchanging our schools, President Bush is breaking his promise to our children.”

Children School President Promise Our Children Reform Fulfilled Adequate Funding President Bush Reformation Education Reform

Author:Joe Lieberman

“The U.N. Population Fund has a maternal health program in some Cameroon hospitals, but it doesn't operate in this region. It's difficult to expand, because President Bush has cut funding”

Literature Difficult President Cutting Program Population Regions Fund Hospitals Funding President Bush Cameroon Maternal Health

Author:Nicholas D. Kristof

“If each of us is to feel that he or she is valued, this calls for more than public funding.”

Ifs Feels Funding

Author:Kjell Magne Bondevik

“Beyond highways and roads, we need more money for mass transit, intercity passenger rail and freight rail. We have a long way to go to bridge the funding gaps.”

Way Needs Long Mass Bridges Gaps More Money Highways Long Way Funding Passengers Rail Long Way To Go Mass Transit

Author:Bill Lipinski

“Can we please rename The Sandy Relief Bill to the Supplemental Iraq War Funding Bill so the GOP Congress can vote for it?”

War Please Vote Bills Congress Iraq Relief Funding Iraq War Gop Sandy

Author:John Fugelsang

“We must rely less on spreadsheets and funding formulas and more on common sense.”

Common Common Sense Rely Formulas Funding

Author:Kenny Guinn

“On a day when all Americans, regardless of party affiliation, are celebrating the growth of freedom and honoring the sacrifices of American and Iraqi troops with elections in Iraq, it's sad that John Kerry has chosen once again to offer vacillation and defeatism. Even after the first free elections in Iraq in more than 50 years John Kerry still believes Iraq is more of terrorist threat than when the brutal tyrant Saddam Hussein was in power and even more remarkably Kerry is now once again for funding our troops, after being for the funding before he was against it.”

“I would say the league is viable as long as you have owners who want to continue funding losses. But it's not on the long term a sustainable business model that we're happy to be supporting. It needs to be reset.”

Want Needs Long Term Loss Models League Long Term Owners Funding Business Models Reset

Author:David Stern

“As you look around the country there are still a significant number of states where their whole school debate is over school funding and we've been focused on the quality debate for most of the '90s.”

Looks Stills Country States Whole School Numbers Quality Focused Debate Significant Funding Significant Numbers

Author:John Engler

“The stable funding announced today will allow Special Olympics to grow and benefit an increasing number of Canadians. I am proud that our Government is committed to providing opportunities for Canadians of all ages and all abilities to engage in sport and physical activity and to enjoy an active and healthy lifestyle.”

“Taxpayers will not stand for - nor should they - the funding of poster sites, leaflets or advertising. What people will support is funding for political education, for training, for party organization.”

People Should Political Party Support Training Organization Advertising Site Funding Taxpayers Posters Political Education

Author:Peter Hain

“Currently, the United States provides 22 percent of the U.N. annual budgets, over $900 million in fiscal year 2007, and some of that funding goes to the Human Rights Council.”

Years Humans States United Millions United States Rights Percent Human Rights Budgets Usa Council Funding Annuals

Author:Michael McCaul

“This funding from the National Endowment for the Arts has been like the Good Housekeeping seal of approval.”

Has Beens Art Appreciate Approval Funding Seals Endowment Housekeeping Good Housekeeping

Author:Norm Dicks

“It's not logical that we boast the most advanced and powerful internationally integrated economy in the world, then claim organizational incompetence and poverty when it comes to creating and funding a national health care system for all Americans.”

World Care Powerful Poverty Economy Creating Claims Health Care Logical Boast Funding Integrated Incompetence Organizational Health Care System

Author:Jesse Jackson, Jr.

“We changed the names of our technical schools to colleges, we expanded the eligibility for HOPE scholarships for technical training, and we added some formula funding.”

School Names Changed College Training Formulas Funding Scholarship Eligibility Technical Training

Author:Roy Barnes

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