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We need to make it clear that we will withdraw from Iraq within 6 to 9 months - so that the Iraqis will know that they must stand up and defend the opportunity given to them. ↗

— John Olver

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Everybody in America started to define themselves by all these things they had around them. And all of a sudden it came tumbling down. So the old American dream has died, and that is a good thing. ↗

— Suze Orman

#america #american #american dream #around #came

I have never been a fan of bond funds. Unlike a direct investment in an individual bond that you can hold to maturity and be assured you will get your principal back (assuming no default), a fund has no finite maturity date and most funds are actively traded. ↗

— Suze Orman

#assuming #assured #back #been #bond

Empires won by conquest have always fallen either by revolt within or by defeat by a rival. ↗

— John Boyd Orr

#conquest #defeat #either #empires #fallen

Defense spending as a share of the economy dropped significantly during the early 1990s, and that was one of the things, along with other policy changes, that put us back on the path to a balanced budget. ↗

— Peter Orszag

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Well, a deficit reflects an imbalance between spending and revenue, and so narrowing it requires acting on one, the other or both. ↗

— Peter Orszag

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Well, I think what we need to remember is that budget deficits can impede economic activity. ↗

— Peter Orszag

#budget #budget deficits #deficits #economic #economic activity

From the bitter cold winter at Valley Forge, to the mountains of Afghanistan and the deserts of Iraq, our soldiers have courageously answered when called, gone where ordered, and defended our nation with honor. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#answered #bitter #called #cold #courageously

As a father and grandfather, I have witnessed firsthand the joy of new life entering the world. I know the pain and apprehension that goes along with premature births and birth defects. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

#apprehension #birth #births #defects #entering

I worked with the March of Dimes to enact legislation for a national birth defects prevention program to provide surveillance, research and preventive services aimed at reducing the rate of birth defects. ↗

— Solomon Ortiz

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