#progress

All progress is precarious, and the solution of one problem brings us face to face with another problem. ↗

— Martin Luther King, Jr.

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In the post-9/11 world you cannot give him the benefit of the doubt. As a result of our going into Iraq, not only is Saddam Hussein gone, but Qaddafi has given up his weapons of mass destruction and tremendous progress is being made in Iraq. ↗

— Peter King

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The idea of the sacred is quite simply one of the most conservative notions in any culture, because it seeks to turn other ideas - uncertainty, progress, change - into crimes. ↗

— Salman Rushdie

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I say quite deliberately that the Christian religion, as organized in its Churches, has been and still is the principal enemy of moral progress in the world. ↗

— Bertrand Russell

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Conventional wisdom on government's role in inequality often has it backwards. Tax reforms have resulted in a more progressive federal income tax; government transfer payments have become less progressive. ↗

— Paul Ryan

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People who work crossword puzzles know that if they stop making progress, they should put the puzzle down for a while. ↗

— Marilyn vos Savant

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The fact is, when it comes to economic leadership, the Republicans have nothing to brag about. This isn't what the American people want. They want to see progress that works for them. ↗

— Debbie Wasserman Schultz

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By and large, women in New Zealand are fortunate compared with some other countries, including many in our own region. But there is still progress to be made. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

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The Open Skies issue is something that's ongoing and we understand that there are issues in Australia that need to be sorted out. It's something that I think over time there's an opportunity for us and we'll work on that in a progressive way. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

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The world has been gradually reducing its nuclear arsenals. Testing must stop so that progress on the destruction of nuclear weapons may begin. ↗

— Jenny Shipley

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