It's a political issue, not a religious issue.
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TED CRUZ Japan's situation is very different from other countries, especially since we have the abduction iss...
HAJIME IZUMI The ministers may think this is a religious, biblical issue but for Perry, while it may be that too,...
CAL JILLSON I think (Oklahoma) has made it a political issue.
ASA HUTCHINSON This is radioactive. This is the issue that dare not speak its name.
MARSHALL WITTMANN There is no private domain of a person's life that is not political, and there is no political issue...
CHARLOTTE BUNCH We are against the way the power ... and natural resources will be redistributed. We think the resou...
AYAD SAMMARAI There was an agreement and we are calling for a 'yes' vote. It will give us the opportunity to revie...
AYAD SAMMARAI [It] is an ongoing issue -- it's not just a police issue, it's really a community issue.
BILL BELL What Katrina did was unmask many of the deep social, economic and racial divisions we have in this c...
SILAS LEE The trial is totally meaningless. It's a political issue, not a legal issue. The procedures and the ...
ABDEL ALANI The trial is totally meaningless. It's a political issue, not a legal issue. The procedures and the ...
ABDEL HAQ ALANI Religious institutions should have religious freedom on this issue. No church or minister should eve...
KAY HAGAN Modern equalitarian societies whether democratic or authoritarian in their political forms, always b...
ROBERT WARSHOW this now has become a major political issue in the presidential election.
RAY FLYNN There is no private domain of a person's life that is not political, and there is no political i...
CHARLOTTE BUNCH China has emphasized that they do not want to make the currency issue into a political issue, which ...
QU HONGBIN Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to...
LARRY CRAIG political, environmental and economic issue of our time.
ALAN JOHNSON The issue here is not political. Hence, politics should take the back seat here,
GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO Greed is not a financial issue. It's a heart issue.
ANDY STANLEY Free speech is not a bogus issue. It is an issue.
WAYNE ROGERS It's a technical issue, not an academic issue. He's fine academically.
FRANK MARTIN It's really become a political issue -- it's on hold until you get a majority government.
HARRY ORT It's not just an aesthetic issue.
JOE HINOJOSA this is not an issue in my household.
ANTONIO DAVIS I will not agree that the health of Israel's prime minister would turn into a political issue. This ...
AMIR PERETZ Concerns are high. It's not just a North Haven issue. It's everyone's issue.
CAROL SHEA I do not view this as a faith community issue, ... This is a human decency issue.
KIRBYJON CALDWELL It's a problem that Republicans and Democrats alike need to solve. Oregonians are counting on us not...
LONN HOKLIN I see this for what it is. It is not a victims' rights issue. It is not a victims' services issue. T...
JAMES PAPILLO Avian flu should not be considered a human health issue, but a human- and animal-health issue.
DAVID HARCHARIK There is something about a political party adopting a particular religious agenda, a sectarian relig...
JOHN DANFORTH It's a tourism issue. It's a cultural issue and it's an economic issue for us.
ANDREW RUDNICK Every two years for Congress, four years for President, illegal immigration comes out as a political...
JOE ARPAIO Drug addiction and heroin in particular should be a 100% health issue and not a criminal justice iss...
LLOYD HOBBARD-MITCHELL It was not a funding issue. It's an issue of the design capabilities of these projects.
CAROL SANDERS This was not a white or black issue; it was an issue of right or wrong.
CHARLES MCELVEEN The whole issue has really taken on a momentum of its own.
LENORA PATE It's a political document. It would be dangerous to sign a letter from someone who doesn't understan...
GREG MASSONI But it's a delicate issue and a difficult issue.
MALCOLM SPEED Not only is that a money issue, it's a space issue. We may have to buy another (mobile classroom).
ANGELA ADAMS This is a community outbreak. This is not an issue with those three facilities. This is a community ...
DR. DOUG MOORE In my opinion, the battles over birth control and Planned Parenthood are primarily neither political...
KAREN DECROW There is no thing as a single-issue struggle because we do not live single-issue lives.
AUDRE LORDE The issue of redistricting using the 2000 Census doesn't seem likely to me to be successful. The pol...
MICHAEL ARIENS Hunger is a political issue, and there are several things politically that are keeping people hungry...
TOM COLICCHIO We understand that this is a business issue, a commercial issue and a very personal issue. We hope t...
JEANNE SCHIEFFER I feel the whole issue has been a witchhunt from day one as part of a broader Republican political a...
KOJO ANNAN I think that the real issue is not just what they did then, but who else has been spied on and what ...
SIMON CREAN The Governor has said many times that this is not, and should not be, a partisan issue.
JEANINE L'ECUYER This gap is not going to go away. It's going to be a recurring issue.
RANDY HANNAN It does not appear to be a Level 3 issue,
KEVIN O'HARA So if Arizona sees the federal government isn't assuming its responsibilities, it creates local ...
VICENTE FOX If we're not able to resolve this issue fairly soon, I am very, very concerned that the United State...
THOMAS SCHIEFFER It's not really an engineering or cost issue. It truly comes down to being a highway safety issue.
KYLE JOHNSON We are not for disarming people. When you have an epidemic it's a public health issue, a safety ...
SARAH BRADY This is a training issue. This is totally a training issue.
JOE LAUD It's obviously part of the entire issue of focusing on drug spending and cost and pricing which keep...
JEFF CHAFFKIN I have never commented on a caucus issue or a shadow Cabinet issue, and I'm not about to start n...
DAVID CUNLIFFE I see them more as a safety issue than a privacy issue.
BASHEER BENHALIM I'm just amazed that they'd try to salvage this political train wreck and make a campaign issue out ...
FRED FELLEMAN The sovereignty of the Northwest Passage is a red button issue for Canadian political leaders and fo...
ROB HUEBERT The whole issue of divesture is a legitimate policy issue. But this is not how I would have written ...
WILLIAM ATWOOD We cannot have our relationship with China held hostage to any single issue. ... This is not a one-i...
MADELEINE ALBRIGHT When folks find out the garbage is from New York, all of a sudden it becomes even more of a politica...
ERIC GOLDSTEIN It is a community issue, not just parents.
ALICE MCGREW I'm not a one-issue person.
BARBARA BUSH These meetings may be at a church, but they are not religious meetings. They are anti-casino meeting...
DAN PETERS The issue of prayer is not prayer; the issue of prayer is God.
ABRAHAM JOSHUA HESCHEL This is not just an ethical issue. It's now become an economic issue.
ALISSA JOHNSON Capital in Japan is not the issue. The issue is deal access -- and that's it. It's a knife-fight out...
FRED SCHMIDT The fact that our government is using instruments of government like the IRS to punish its opponents...
BEN CARSON He has staked his pride on the issue, and he will want to handle that in a manner in which he thinks...
ELDRED MASUNUNGURE Climate change should not fundamentally be seen as a political or partisan issue, but it has been tu...
JAMES BALOG This whole issue of diversity is not a race thing. It's not about whether you're black, Asian or whi...
RAFAEL SANCHEZ It's not just an issue of revenue source, it's an issue of good management.
DAVID METZ Defending Congressional authority should not be a partisan issue.
ADAM COHEN We do not believe that it's a safety issue.
ALAN ADLER We urge the US Government to stop interfering in China's religious affairs under the guise of the re...
LIU JIANCHAO This is a defining moment for UK. UK needs to make its mark with this issue.
DON WITT There was no religious component to the violence. All the violence was influenced by small groups of...
KAMILA HYAT For us it is a settled issue. We hope it's a settled issue for everybody.
ALEXANDER FARRELL It's a significant issue. It's an issue that would prohibit a manned mission to Mars.
SCOTT AKER We had absolute military superiority but they had absolute political supremacy. That led to a stalem...
DAVID HALBERSTAM Obviously, I have been a pro-choice candidate for my entire political career, and obviously there is...
CLAIRE MCCASKILL The whole spectrum issue would be a problem. [The combined entity] would have to return part of its ...
JOSé OTERO Right now, health care is the issue, because the company, in the form of its CEO, Rick Wagoner, made...
DAVE PETERSON Our biggest issue is railroad cars. It's a real issue in the Northwest.
RAY WAHLERT We should beware of political statements that fuel the illusion that there is any kind of political ...
LAURENCE PARISOT I think the blind trusts have not been created because of an ethical conflict, it's been created bec...
JAN BARAN I have no political ax to grind; I just find it absurd that huge billion-dollar corporations can tak...
ADAM MCKAY Political disagreements have the colour and fragrance that normally is seen and felt in a political ...
ASIF ALI ZARDARI This is not a partisan issue and anybody who tries to make it a partisan issue should be strung up. ...
DAN BURTON The real issue here is whether or not there's going to be a paradigm shift or real channel shift (to...
TODD CHANKO Weather's not an issue when you have that kind of field.
ANDY DICK It is important the Prime Minister understand this is an issue that is not going away.
MIKE WATKINS We want Hillary to take the stand and not side with him on this issue.
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AYAD ALLAWI They will leave, God willing,
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