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Most private sector workers can only dream of getting the generous lifetime pension and health benefits typical of government service.

~Elaine Chao

Topics: Benefits Dream Generous Getting Government Health Health Benefits Lifetime Most Only Pension Private Private Sector Sector Service Typical Workers

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Government at all levels has kicked the fiscal can down the road for far too long.

~Elaine Chao

Topics: Down Down The Road Far Fiscal Government Kicked Levels Long Road Too

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I had been taught that the separation between religion and politics happened in the Enlightenment. But there were people who tried to create a secular relationship to government 2,000 years ago, and those people were the Jews.

~Elaine Pagels

Topics: Been Between Create Enlightenment Government Had Happened Jews People Politics Relationship Religion Secular Separation Taught Those Tried Were Who Years Years Ago

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We often forget that Iran has a long tradition and history with the United States. Iranians have been coming to the United States as students for decades. American businessmen were in Iran developing the oil fields. ...There was an American financial advisor to the Iranian government in the early part of the century.

~Elaine Sciolino

Topics: Advisor American Been Businessmen Century Coming Decades Developing Early Fields Financial Forget Government History Iran Iranian Iranians Long Long Tradition Often Oil Part States Students Tradition United United States Were

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The Bush administration actually started out with an open mind towards Iran, by all indications. In fact, early in the administration, the White House tasked the various agencies of government to do an inter-agency review of Iran policy, as it did with Iraq policy and most of the big areas of the world.

~Elaine Sciolino

Topics: Actually Administration Agencies Area Big Bush Bush Administration Did Early Fact Government House In Fact Iran Iraq Mind Most Open Open Mind Out Policy Review Started Towards Various White White House World

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Even before September 11, there was a debate in the administration about whether or not military force should be used to oust Saddam Hussein. You're not going to find one person in the top echelons of the foreign policy and national security establishment in the U.S. government who's going to say that Saddam Hussein should not be out of power.

~Elaine Sciolino

Topics: About Administration Before Debate Establishment Even Find Force Foreign Foreign Policy Going Government Hussein Military Military Force National National Security Out Person Policy Power Saddam Saddam Hussein Say Security September Should Top U.s. Government Used Whether You

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Massoumeh Ebtekar is the highest-ranking woman in Iran's government, a symbol of President Mohammed Khatami's promise to promote women into high-profile positions.

~Elaine Sciolino

Topics: Government High-Profile Iran Mohammed Positions President Promise Promote Symbol Woman Women

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What I want to understand is what I am talking about on the stage. What I don't want to understand is what the government is talking about when the government tells me about taxes.

~Elaine Stritch

Topics: About Am Government Me Stage Talking Taxes Tells Understand Want I Am

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Anyone who knows history, particularly the history of Europe, will, I think, recognize that the domination of education or of government by any one particular religious faith is never a happy arrangement for the people.

~Eleanor Roosevelt

Topics: Any Anyone Arrangement Domination Education Europe Faith For The People Government Happy History Knows Never Particular Particularly People Recognize Religious Religious Faith The History Of Think Who Will I Think

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The Supreme Court, of course, has the responsibility of ensuring that our government never oversteps its proper bounds or violates the rights of individuals. But the Court must also recognize the limits on itself and respect the choices made by the American people.

~Elena Kagan

Topics: Also American American People Bounds Choices Course Court Ensuring Government Individuals Itself Limits Made Must Never Our People Proper Recognize Respect Responsibility Rights Supreme Supreme Court Violates

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