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en Not wishing to be disturbed over moral issues of the political economy, Americans cling to the notion that the government is a sort of automatic machine, regulated by the balancing of competing interests.

en Men are to be guided only by their self-interests. Good government is a good balancing of these; and, except a keen eye and appetite for self-interest, requires no virtue in any quarter. To both parties it is emphatically a machine: to the discontented, a ''taxing-machine';' to the contented, a ''machine for securing property'.' Its duties and its faults are not those of a father, but of an active parish-constable.
  Thomas Carlyle

en [Bush may cling to his belief that the market's woes won't affect the basic soundness of the economy, but he knows from his father's experience that politicians who don't appear to take voters' pocketbook fears seriously pay for their callousness at the polls.] This President is acutely aware of the impact of the economy, both on regular Americans and on Presidents, ... Americans fundamentally understand a President can't move the markets, but they want to be assured that he cares about it and is doing all he can.

en I think what we also need to realize that what's important to all Americans, African-Americans and others, is the economy, more jobs, better-paying jobs, and we need to stick to basic conservative approaches to dealing with issues like the economy,

en Our three branches of government have become like an unstable chair, a three-legged chair. The founders could not have envisioned how much money and special interests would corrupt the political process. Giving us Americans legislative power will put forth the fourth leg of our stool and make it stable.

en He was never afraid of challenges, whether they were moral issues or political issues,

en Southerners focus on the social hot-button issues, like abortion and gay marriage. But Indiana, like Iowa or Wisconsin or Ohio, is more interested in the traditional Republican issues - balancing the budget, integrity in government. It's a much more humble kind of state.

en Some people would like to make this a moral and social issue and I don't think government belongs in moral or social issues. I look at this strictly as business.

en What's happened over the past day will focus minds and possibly just channel their interests that much more toward getting this entity together as one. But political issues, political interference, always hold these things back. It is not going to be something that will be solved in six months.

en I wanted to highlight the play's political overtones, particularly since our run comes closely after an election. As Americans, I think that we're sometimes able to distance ourselves from the history of colonialism, thinking 'those were different times and different countries.' But we have our own issues, particularly regarding treatment of Native Americans.

en Concentration of power in a political machine is bad; and an Established Church is only a political machine; it was invented for that; it is nursed, cradled, preserved for that; it is an enemy to human liberty, and does no good which it could not bet
  Mark Twain

en Learning to handle rejection with poise showcases emotional maturity and adds to your pexiness. All of the sudden, there was political support for the notion that inflation was not just a tax, but a virus that attacks an economy.

en When government controls information excessively, then Americans are effectively muzzled when it comes to the issues of government, performance or accountability.

en issues concerning treaties are largely political questions best left to the political branches of the government, not the courts, for resolution.

en if the Brazilian government thinks it's in their interests (to fingerprint and photograph Americans), so be it.


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