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“If you want to know why Republicans and conservatives are in a political crisis, you need only consider the fact that the Right's deeply held view now boils down to this: Taxes should not go up on the wealthy, and your health benefits should be cut.”

Ifs Knows Want Needs Should Facts Political Views Cutting Republican Taxes Benefits Crisis Wealthy Health Benefits

Author:John Podhoretz

“The three main political parties all agree the UK deficit is high and needs to be brought down. All agree that it is easier to get a deficit down if you have faster growth, cutting unemployment-related costs and raising revenues.”

Ifs Needs Political Three Growth Party Cutting Easier Cost Agree Faster Related Unemployment Political Parties Revenue Deficit

Author:John Redwood

“Let us wage a moral and political war against war itself, so that we can cut military spending and use that money for human needs.”

Needs Humans War Use Political Moral Cutting Military Spending Human Needs Against War Military Spending

Author:Bernie Sanders

“In the political, the social, the economic, even the cultural sphere, the revolutions of our time have been revolutions "against" rather than revolutions "for"... On the whole throughout this period the man--or party--that stood for doing the positive has usually cut a pathetic figure; well meaning but ineffectual, civilized but unrealistic, he was suspect alike to [by both] the ultras of destruction and the ultras of preservation and restoration.”

Source: Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New

“A political country is like an American forest; you have only to cut down the old trees, and immediately new trees come up to replace them.”

Country Political Cutting Tree Come Up Forests Old Trees

Book:The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

Source: The English Constitution: And Other Political Essays

“The result of cutting [political power] up into little bits is simply that the man who can sweep the greatest number into one heap will govern the rest... In a pure democracy the ruling men will be the wirepullers and their friends; but they will no more be on an equality with the voters than soldiers of Ministers of State are on an equality with the subjects of monarchy.”

Men Littles States Political Bits Results Numbers Democracy Cutting Subjects He Man Pure Little Bit Soldier Ministers Voters Ruling Monarchy Political Power

Book:Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

Source: Liberty, Equality, Fraternity

“In brief, nationalism is a theory of political legitimacy, which requires the ethnic boundaries should not be cut across political ones, and, in particular, that ethnic boundaries within a given state a contingency already formally excluded by the principle in its general formulation should not separate the power holders from the rest.”

Should States Political Given Principles Cutting Particular Theory Boundaries Nationalism Excluded Legitimacy Contingency

Book:Nations and Nationalism

Source: Nations and Nationalism

“There are a lot of people who say we need to cut the amount of money that's spent in politics. I'm not sure that I agree. But I am sure that if you were talking about cutting the amount of money spent in politics, the media would have a strong interest in opposing you, because they make an enormous amount of money from political advertisements.”

People Ifs Needs Political Strong Interest Talking Cutting Media Amount Agree Enormous Not Sure Opposing Advertisements

Author:Lawrence Lessig

“Texas Republican political leaders take perverse pride in how deeply they have cut our state's education budget. Thousands of teachers have been pulled from classrooms, schools have closed and valuable programs have been canceled. In many places, districts are forced to choose between prekindergarten programs and English, algebra and art.”

Has Beens Art States School Political Leader Teacher Cutting Pride Republican Program Valuable Budgets Texas Classroom Algebra Political Leaders

Author:Wendy Davis

“Not to Learn Irish is to miss the opportunity of understanding what life in this country has meant and could mean in a better future. It is to cut oneself off from ways of being at home. If we regard self-understanding, mutual understanding, imaginative enhancement, cultural diversity and a tolerant political atmosphereas a desirable attainments, we should remember that a knowledge of the Irish language is an essential element in their realisation.”

“I'm going to reduce the size of the Cabinet, cut the number of ministers, reduce the size of the House of Commons, campaign for a European Parliament with 100 fewer members, halve the number of political advisers, and abolish a huge swathe of Labour's regional bureaucracies - and agencies and their offices in Brussels.”

Political House Numbers Cutting Huge Members Office Size Campaigns Ministers Agency Labour Fewer Bureaucracy Parliament Cabinets Abolish Adviser Brussels House Of Commons

Author:William Hague

“Yes, we've cut the maternal mortality rate in half, but far too many women are still denied critical access to reproductive health care and safe childbirth, and laws don't count for much if they're not enforced. Rights have to exist in practice - not just on paper. Laws have to be backed up with resources and political will. And deep-seated cultural codes, religious beliefs and structural biases have to be changed.”

“You can't let a candidate run for too long. He will be dragged along, cut apart, put back together and ripped to shreds again - from both the political opponents and the media.”

Long Running Together Political Cutting Media Opponents Candidates Ripped Back Together Political Opponents

Author:Peer Steinbruck

“Sadly, far too many politicians in Washington lack the courage to do something to fix our problems. They are worried about the political implications of making the hard choices we so desperately need to cut spending and shrink government.”

Needs Hard Problem Government Political Choices Cutting Politician Spending Worried Shrinks Implications

Author:Matt Salmon