#sec

The Congress has historically played covert communal politics in order to create what in India we call vote banks where you pit one community against another and so on in order to secure votes. ↗

— Arundhati Roy

#another #banks #call #communal #community

Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone. ↗

— Ed Royce

#continues #debates #energy #improve #issue

The other aspect of idealism is the one which gives us our notion of the absolute Self. To it the first is only preparatory. This second aspect is the one which from Kant, until the present time, has formed the deeper problem of thought. ↗

— Josiah Royce

#aspect #deeper #first #formed #gives

I'm not claiming that football is the nation's salvation in this area, but it's one of them, one little thing that apparently has captured the imagination of a large sector of our society. But when football can't be a relatively pure outlet, a fun thing, then it hurts itself. ↗

— Pete Rozelle

#area #captured #claiming #football #fun

The Second Amendment is a constitutional right. I didn't make it up, the Republican Party didn't make it up. It's in the Constitution. I think it's just as important as any of the other rights in our constitution. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#any #constitution #constitutional #constitutional right #i

Under Barack Obama, the only 'Change' is that 'Hope' has been hard to find. Now millions of Americans are insecure about their future. But instead of inspiring us by reminding us of what makes us special, he divides us against each other. He tells Americans they're worse off because others are better off. That people got rich by making others poor. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#against #barack #barack obama #because #been

But here's what I would tell people of my generation. I turn 40 this year. There isn't going to be a Social Security. There isn't going to be a Medicare when you retire. Forget about what your benefit is going to look like. There isn't going to be one if we don't make some reforms to save that program now. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#benefit #forget #generation #going #here

The second truism that we must understand is that poverty does not create our social problems, our social problems create our poverty. ↗

— Marco Rubio

#does #must #our #poverty #problems

When you're a dancer, you start with the basics. You don't all of a sudden do a grand jete and pirouette. You start with first position, second, third. ↗

— Rita Rudner

#dancer #first #grand #position #second

On Australia Day 2010, as we enter this second decade of the 21st century, Australians can be optimistic about our future, but we cannot afford to mistake optimism for complacency. ↗

— Kevin Rudd

#about #afford #australia #australians #cannot