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As Members of Congress, we should not be using public office for private gain.


Sheila Jackson Lee

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ADEN FINE The privacy of public office, the publicity of private life
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JASON GRATL The assumption should be that we will not appear in print or the blogosphere. Having dinner should n...
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DAVID AUBREY We, as conservative intellectuals, should not be in the business of making excuses for bad parliamen...
DAVID FRUM For example, the public defender's office, we're going to spend millions of dollars on a public defe...
PETE LIAKAKIS It's not public information. It's more campaign posturing. It's very interesting the way he is using...
BRIAN HARLIN Judges should avoid commenting on a candidate for public office.
RUTH BADER GINSBURG You should not live one way in private, another in public.
PUBLILIUS SYRUS One should not attempt to buy private loyalty with public money.
LINO SPITERI While many members of Congress have some reservations, members of Congress by and large have decided...
MARTIN FROST The members would meet in private and public places and indulge in unnatural acts.
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STEVE WILSON The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and ...
JAMES KNOX POLK The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and ...
JAMES K. POLK The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and ...
JAMES POLK What it is is a political campaign. It's not the use of public office or a vote for financial gain. ...
JEFF JAEKELS We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us.
GARY ACKERMAN From Michael Jackson to Peggy Lee, I like it all.
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JAMEEL JAFFER We can leave him social guarantees and privileges. As for his personal immunity, the immunity of his...
KURMANBEK BAKIYEV If meals are heavily restricted, we're likely to see executives from the home office picking up chec...
J. STEVEN HART For such will be our ruin if you, in the immensity of your public abstractions, forget the private f...
VIRGINIA WOOLF Now, members of Congress will vote on a final conference report knowing that the FBI has in fact bee...
BOB BARR Nominee. A modest gentleman shrinking from the distinction of private life and diligently seeking th...
AMBROSE BIERCE In the wake of the tax bonanzas for new commercial projects, roadside strips boomed. Private develop...
DOLORES HAYDEN Members of Congress do this; staff members of Congress do it; it is their responsibility to do so.
DON FOWLER We have some Jewish members of Congress, not a lot but there's a bunch of us.
GARY ACKERMAN Why is it that when people have no capacity for private usefulness they should be so anxious to serv...
SARA JEANNETTE DUNCAN Members of Congress should not be receiving pay raises that are higher than Social Security and othe...
BRIAN BAIRD Corruption is the art of shortchanging yourself by using funds meant for public good for your privat...
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MICHAEL RAMSEY Members of Congress must live according to the same laws as everyone else.
BOBBY JINDAL Their ideological argument that government shouldn't do anything the private sector does makes about...
ADINA LEVIN Michael Jackson should be held responsible for what he did,
RON ZONEN The safety of the flying public should not be for sale. Handing air traffic control over to a privat...
BILL NELSON We hope the new chief justice will work with members of Congress to agree upon a solution that prote...
DOUG KENDELL Every musician liked Peggy Lee, but not the general public.
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DR. TOM JEFFERSON Workers as well as surrounding residents or members of the public will all be much more protected.
LINDA KROP Andrew Jackson was the first president to claim that the desires of the public overrode Congress'...
RON FOURNIER As public schools deteriorate, the upper-middle class and wealthy send their kids to private ones. A...
ROBERT REICH I looked at her. Sheila was my girl--the girl I wanted--and wanted for keeps. But it wasn't any use ...
AGATHA CHRISTIE What is required from members of Congress and the public alike is a new spirit of devotion to the na...
EVAN BAYH I think there's been even more state championships won by the private schools using (former) public ...
FRED CARTER We are currently looking for him and we have approached Interpol member countries to be on the looko...
WAYNE BVUDZIJENA The Republican House leadership was maneuvering to prevent members of Congress from having to go on ...
CHELLIE PINGREE Its purpose is for members of the church, as well as the public, to search their family trees.
DEANDA LINE Dr. King will get more recognition as a fact of life in a federally dominated America. Yet Lee and J...
JAMES BOWDEN [Others do not want to touch it, including Sen. Patrick J. Leahy (Vt.), the committee's ranking Demo...
JOHN CORNYN [Others do not want to touch it, including Sen. Patrick Leahy (Vt.), the committee's ranking Democra...
JOHN CORNYN Congress should not be in the business of supporting state-sponsored discrimination.
ALCEE HASTINGS We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
ERIC HOFFER We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.
ERIC HOFFER We are appealing to members of the public to take responsibility for their safety.
CRAIG LAMBINON Don't be carried away by beauty, for the faeces also stays in the rectum of ravishing faces, and the...
MICHAEL BASSEY JOHNSON If we allow public funds to be used to support our relatively benign, morally grounded schools, we w...
JONATHAN KOZOL Polluters have mounted a public pressure campaign, even enlisting some members of Congress, to lobby...
ANDY BUCHSBAUM Earmarks are almost always inserted by a member of Congress without any notice to other members, and...
MARSHA BLACKBURN We're not proposing any shifting of funding from public schools to private schools.
BETSY DEVOS A public office is not a job, it is an opportunity to do something for the public.
FRANKLIN KNIGHT LANE A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world, as a public indecency.
MIGUEL DE CERVANTES We simply must look beyond partisan goals and find common ground as Americans. It is imperative that...
MICHAEL CRAPO Public office must not be a means to profit or become rich.
FELIPE VI OF SPAIN Labor must work harder to attract and retain members. The party should be cheaper to join with disco...
BILL SHORTEN I'm running for Congress to reverse Obama's big government policies, to be faithful to the p...
RON DESANTIS The British press has an insatiable appetite for making public things that should be private. It'...
NIALL FERGUSON There should not be a micro-managing of terminology with the Library of Congress.
TOM GRAVES Anyone who serves in public office, when you have a private matter before the board, it's hands off....
JACK SPERANZA Ingratitude is monstrous; and for the multitude to be ingrateful were to make a monster of the mult...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affai...
AMBROSE BIERCE When I worked in a medical practice, our practice provided the insurance. When I retired the next da...
PHIL ROE We should never as a city attempt to put profit over public safety. Public safety must be at the top...
ERIC ADAMS We will likely see many state politicians giving speeches in honor of Dr. King, but many refuse to s...
BRANDON DORSEY (I support efforts) to limit the terms of the members of Congress, especially members of the House a...
DAN QUAYLE It's healthy for government to be a kind of moral catalyst, using the bully pulpit of high offic...
WILLIAM WELD In all likelihood, the Library of Congress and Dr. Billington will be consulting closely with the U....
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BARRY LYNN Politics: "The conduct of public affairs for private advantage."
AMBROSE BIERCE All kids deserve an opportunity. We're not accountable for where we're born into, but we are account...
GARY GRIFFITHS We are telling veterans they must sacrifice to pay for the pet projects and contracts to campaign do...
NICK LAMPSON It's a fascinating social experiment in using private sector resources to deliver a social benefit. ...
DAN MENDELSON I fundamentally believe in term limits, for Congress, presidents, and board members.
JIM BREYER The success of the arts has come through a mix of public subsidy, substantial private support, and g...
MELVYN BRAGG We were pleased that the judge agreed with us. Getting as full a picture as possible is important fo...
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VICTORIA JACKSON Maybe I'll learn how, but the only thing I can do is turn down parts that would hurt my conscien...
VICTORIA JACKSON Are Christians too stupid that we can't write a script, we can't film a movie OR we don'...
VICTORIA JACKSON I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to...
VICTORIA JACKSON Now, I don't mind making fun of those preachers who steal money from people, they kind of deserv...
VICTORIA JACKSON I was the only Christian on the cast, but that was cool because we all respected each others talent ...
VICTORIA JACKSON But if you believe in Christ and that your main goal with your life is supposed to be to honor Him a...
VICTORIA JACKSON When you go on an audition it's very frightening.
VICTORIA JACKSON I stayed a virgin until I was 23. I didn't do drugs or drink or smoke.
VICTORIA JACKSON Religion is man's attempt to bind himself back to a relationship with God.
VICTORIA JACKSON I cried when I heard Johnny Carson died.
VICTORIA JACKSON It was the best job I ever had. I just left because my whole team was leaving and the new guys were ...
VICTORIA JACKSON I've never been in the music industry, only acting.
VICTORIA JACKSON The bottom line of Hollywood is money.
VICTORIA JACKSON It doesn't make your life stop being fun to be a Christian.
VICTORIA JACKSON I remember going to church about four times a week. I liked it a lot.
VICTORIA JACKSON They're desperately searching for meaning in their lives but they will not crack the Bible open.
VICTORIA JACKSON That's pretty much why I went into show business because I wanted to have a guitar and sing unac...
VICTORIA JACKSON Maybe entertainment is not supposed to be reality.
VICTORIA JACKSON I think abortion is murder.
VICTORIA JACKSON Sometimes I like to vent.
VICTORIA JACKSON So finally I came up with a thing that felt really pure, and I'm Christian, so when I hear about...
VICTORIA JACKSON I got a gymnastics scholarship to college, fell in love with my true love of my whole life - who I&#...
VICTORIA JACKSON I always dreamed of being Maria in The Sound of Music.
VICTORIA JACKSON Because I hate fake people and I always think I'm never fake.
VICTORIA JACKSON I've been blessed in my career to be able to do studio and independent films.
JACKSON RATHBONE I grew up riding when I was younger in Texas. I actually learned how to ride in Norway. I really lov...
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