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A strong conviction that something must be done is the parent of many bad measures. ↗

— Daniel Webster

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Over the past two years, the House has passed more than 50 measures focused on stimulating the economy and expanding opportunities for American workers. The tax relief provisions in this package have been an important part of our pro-growth agenda. ↗

— Roger Wicker

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Studies have shown that since women have had access to the pill and family planning measures, they have made huge gains in both wages and in careers that were dominated by men. ↗

— Jennifer Granholm

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We have to remember we're in a global economy. The purpose of fiscal stimulus is not simply to sustain activity in our national economies, but to help the global economy as well, and that's why it's so critical that measures in those packages avoid anything that smacks of protectionism. ↗

— Stephen Harper

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All the measures of the Government are directed to the purpose of making the rich richer and the poor poorer. ↗

— William Henry Harrison

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We are, by many measures, one of the more diverse cities in the country, growing more diverse all the time, and one of the more harmonious in terms of how we live together. ↗

— John Hickenlooper

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I'm absolutely convinced that the threat we face now, the idea of a terrorist in the middle of one of our cities with a nuclear weapon, is very real and that we have to use extraordinary measures to deal with it. ↗

— Dick Cheney

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Without sound conservation and management measures, fisheries will quickly become depleted and a basic component of global food security will be lost. ↗

— Sigmar Gabriel

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But a science is exact to the extent that its method measures up to and is adequate to its object. ↗

— Gabriel Marcel

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As part of our layered approach, we have expedited the deployment of new Advanced Imaging Technology (AIT) units to help detect concealed metallic and non-metallic threats on passengers. These machines are now in use at airports nationwide, and the vast majority of travelers say they prefer this technology to alternative screening measures. ↗

— Janet Napolitano

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