"It is a mistake to suppose that the whole issue is how to free man. The issue is to improve the way in which he is controlled."
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"When it comes to immigration, I have actually put more money, under my administration, into border security than any other administration previously. We've got more security resources at the border - more National Guard, more border guards, you name it - than the previous administration. So we've ramped up significantly the issue of border security."
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"I very much dislike doctrinaire liberals - they want to own your minds. And I don't like reactionary conservatives. I like to face issues in terms of conditions and not in terms of someone's inborn political philosophy."
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"Today, blood work and science are able to provide more of a movie of your health, identifying trends before they become an issue."
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"You can't manage time, you actually only manage what you do during time. So the management issue is not so much about time, it's more about how do you manage your focus, how do you manage your actions and your activities in terms of what you do."
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"Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness."
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"Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles."
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"The key element of social control is the strategy of distraction that is to divert public attention from important issues and changes decided by political and economic elites, through the technique of flood or flooding continuous distractions and insignificant information."
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"If you preach the gospel in all aspects with the exception of the issues which deal specifically with your time, you are not preaching the gospel at all."
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"It's not a nice-to-have - it's a must-have. It's time we stop treating child care as a side issue, or a women's issue, and treat it like the national economic priority that it is for all of us."
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"It is extremely important to me that the social and environmental issues associated with the production of fashion clothing are addressed."
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"History has many cunning passages, contrived corridors and issues."
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"I definitely have body issues, but everybody does. When you come to the realization that everybody does that - even the people that I consider flawless - then you can start to live with the way you are. I've read interviews with some of the most beautiful women who have insecurities. And you look at them and you're like, 'How do you have? Name one thing wrong with yourself,' and they could name a handful."
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"The bigger issue, was the whole takeover of the food industry by big corporations."
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"In America, you can segregate the people, but the problems will travel. From slavery to equal rights, from state suppression of dissent to crime, drugs and unemployment, I can't think of a supposedly Black issue that hasn't wasted the original Black target group and then spread like measles to outlying white experience."
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"The basic building block of peace and security for all peoples is economic and social security, anchored in sustainable development. It is a key to all problems. Why? Because it allows us to address all the great issues-poverty, climate, environment and political stability-as parts of the whole."
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"Given the genocidal belligerence of Iranian threats against Israel, it is hard to take issue with Israel's right to preemptive self-defense."
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"Each generation faces different issues and challenges, but our standard must always be measured by God's Word."
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"Hip Hop can be a very effective way to reach young people and teach them about current political and social issues."
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"What we're always looking for is weird social issues and weird connections to make. Luckily for them, there's no shortage of material."
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