#statement

It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom. ↗

— Quentin Crisp

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The biggest lesson I learned from Vietnam is not to trust our own government statements. I had no idea until then that you could not rely on them. ↗

— J. William Fulbright

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I was perceiving myself as good as a man or equal to a man and as powerful and I wanted to look ambiguous because I thought that was a very interesting statement to make through the media. And it certainly did cause quite a few ripples and interest and shock waves. ↗

— Annie Lennox

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A poor choice of words conveyed to some the impression that I embrace the discarded policies of the past. Nothing could be further from the truth, and I apologize to anyone who was offended by my statement. ↗

— Trent Lott

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I was very careful to send Mr. Roosevelt every few days a statement of our casualties. I tried to keep before him all the time the casualty results because you get hardened to these things and you have to be very careful to keep them always in the forefront of your mind. ↗

— George C. Marshall

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Mrs. White, in my opinion, made false statements. She misused what she claimed was the prophetic gift she had. ↗

— Walter Martin

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Everybody in this public arena makes statements and gets interpreted different ways. ↗

— Terry McAuliffe

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With no more than six levels of misquotation, any statement can be made to say whatever you wish. ↗

— John McCarthy

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This is the operative statement. The others are inoperative. ↗

— Ron Ziegler

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You know what the Englishman's idea of compromise is? He says, Some people say there is a God. Some people say there is no God. The truth probably lies somewhere between these two statements. ↗

— William Butler Yeats

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