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For some time, I've said this issue of comprehensive immigration reform is not just an issue about immigration or human rights or civil rights, it's about our economy. You take 11 million people from out of the dark and into the light. The think tanks have surmised that you are talking about trillions of dollars infused into the economy.

~Antonio Villaraigosa

Topics: About Civil Civil Rights Comprehensive Dark Dollars Economy Human Human Rights Immigration Immigration Reform Issue Just Light Million Million People Our Out People Reform Rights Said Some Take Talking Tanks Think Time You

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At a purely practical level, history is important because it provides the basic skills needed for students to go further in sociology, politics, international relations and economics. History is also an ideal discipline for almost all careers in the law, the civil service and the private sector.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Almost Almost All Also Basic Because Careers Civil Civil Service Discipline Economics Further Go History Ideal Important International International Relations Law Level Needed Politics Practical Private Private Sector Provides Purely Relations Sector Service Skills Sociology Students

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School-leavers unfortunately will come away thinking the First World War consisted simply of 'going over the top' on the Western Front to slaughter in no-man's-land, when the conflict extended so much further, to the collapse of four empires and numerous civil wars.

~Antony Beevor

Topics: Away Civil Collapse Come Conflict Empires Extended First First World First World War Four Front Further Going Much Numerous Over Simply Slaughter Thinking Top Unfortunately War Wars Western Will World World War

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The Opposition aren't really the Opposition. They're just called the Opposition. But in fact they are the Opposition in exile. The Civil Service are the Opposition in residence.

~Antony Jay

Topics: Civil Civil Service Exile Fact In Fact Just Opposition Really Residence Service

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It was a particularly interesting and exciting time, and the European political and artistic establishment was turned on by the Civil Rights Movement and the artistic revolution that was becoming a part of jazz.

~Archie Shepp

Topics: Artistic Becoming Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Establishment European Exciting Exciting Time Interesting Jazz Movement Part Particularly Political Revolution Rights Rights Movement Time Turned

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At the same time the folk boom was happening, the civil rights movement was happening, the anti-war movement was happening, the ban the bomb movement was happening, the environmental movement was happening. There was suddenly a generation ready to change the course of history.

~Arlo Guthrie

Topics: Anti-War Ban Bomb Boom Change Civil Civil Rights Civil Rights Movement Course Environmental Environmental Movement Folk Generation Happening History Movement Ready Rights Rights Movement Same Same Time Suddenly Time

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I urge the enactment of a civil service law so explicit and so strong that no partisan official will dare evade it, basing all rewards, promotions and salaries solely on merit, on loyalty and industry in the public service.

~Arthur Capper

Topics: Civil Civil Service Dare Explicit Industry Law Loyalty Merit Official Partisan Promotions Public Public Service Rewards Salaries Service Solely Strong Urge Will

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Jewish fundamentalism is teaching that Jews can fight with guns and with civil war, against being relocated off the West Bank, and disobey the orders of their government. That is the call to jihad, to several kinds of jihad.

~Arthur Hertzberg

Topics: Against Bank Being Call Civil Civil War Disobey Fight Fundamentalism Government Guns Jewish Jews Jihad Kinds Off Orders Several Teaching War West West Bank

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After the assassination of my wife, our nation was perilously close to civil strife. If I, as the co-chairman of the Party, had asked my people to take to the streets, the very existence of the federation would have been threatened.

~Asif Ali Zardari

Topics: After Asked Assassination Been Civil Close Existence Federation Had Nation Our Party People Streets Strife Take Threatened Very Wife Would

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When you scan the globe's hot spots, every civil war and massacre, every act of terror and every clash between states has its unique local circumstances.

~Atifete Jahjaga

Topics: Act Between Circumstances Civil Civil War Clash Every Globe Hot Local Massacre Scan Spots States Terror Unique War You

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