Top 30 Blumenauer Quotes

#1. Mr. Speaker, in the years since we enacted our attack against Iraq, the threat from Iran has only grown more difficult, and our capacity to meet that threat actually has diminished. It is one of the reasons many of us opposed that action against Iraq.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #31550
#2. Let's have a moment of silence for all those Americans who are stuck
in traffic on their way to the gym to ride the stationary bicycle.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #66586
#3. Moralism doesn't produce morality; it produces immorality.

Tullian Tchividjian

Blumenauer Quotes #97312
#4. At a time when 2500 American soldiers have given their lives for the cause of bringing democracy to Iraq, it is sad and frustrating to watch the Republican establishment disgrace the exercise of democracy in our own House of Representatives.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #132390
#5. The passion of hatred is so long lived and so obstinate a malady that the surest sign of death in a sick person is their desire for reconciliation.

Jean De La Bruyere

Blumenauer Quotes #187585
#6. As has been pointed out with Libya, the debate over Libya, sometimes we allow diplomatic relations with imperfect regimes because progress can best be made through engagement instead of isolation.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #191457
#7. So what if I cannot be a model, if I am no longer considered beautiful, if Malvolia is trying to catch me. I am climbing a tree! And I am doing so with Jack.

Alex Flinn

Blumenauer Quotes #314034
#8. Our community is like many around the country that have, as the gentleman from New York referenced, sophisticated planning and zoning regulations. These are elements that are developed as a result of local community pressure to balance interests.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #362399
#9. Everybody on this floor wants to send the same loud and clear message: that Congress is united in its opposition to terror and we are all deeply concerned about the future and security of our close friend and ally, Israel.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #530511
#10. People like you don't come to us; they just feel frustrated by life, like they're supposed to be something more than they are, but they can never break through.

Brent Weeks

Blumenauer Quotes #711510
#11. The Corporation for Public Broadcasting distributes an annual appropriation that we provide in accordance with a statutory formula, the vast majority of which goes directly to public radio and television stations.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #718181
#12. People hear you on the level you speak to them from. Speak from your heart, and they will hear with theirs.

Marianne Williamson

Blumenauer Quotes #770128
#13. The only mistake is not to risk making one.

Max Lucado

Blumenauer Quotes #819938
#14. Marriages are under strain today in terms of economics. There are social cross-currents. We see failed marriages. But it is not under attack by our gay and lesbian citizens.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #859141
#15. We can no longer afford the war in Iraq. Our financial costs have already passed a third of a trillion dollars; the lifetime costs for this war, in both human and economic terms, will be borne by Americans for generations to come.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #909879
#16. While the United States has largely been missing in action from the diplomatic game, the European Union and Iran have been making progress at developing a formula that would lead to the suspension of Iran's nuclear enrichment program and the start of serious negotiations.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #1099524
#17. After September 11, when the United States took action to overthrow the Taliban, our interests and Iran's aligned, and we were able to coordinate quietly but effectively.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #1151074
#18. Mr. Speaker, from hurricanes and floods in Latin America to earthquakes in Asia, natural disasters are increasingly becoming a regular feature of life for large numbers of people around the globe.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #1190961
#19. Mr. Speaker, for the last 5 years I have been working with a bipartisan group of my colleagues to make it illegal to continue the barbaric practice of game bird and illegal dog fighting.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #1235864
#20. Don't second-guess yourself.

Jessica L. Webb

Blumenauer Quotes #1277475
#21. That's what love is, Georgie. Accidental damage protection.

Rainbow Rowell

Blumenauer Quotes #1374123
#22. There's nothing as real as money.

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Blumenauer Quotes #1431002
#23. Because the truth is, there's nothing more frightening in my world than those who know you - who really know you.

L.B. Simmons

Blumenauer Quotes #1475898
#24. The truth isn't going to bend itself to suit you.

Malorie Blackman

Blumenauer Quotes #1521952
#25. As man draws nearer to the stars, why should he not also draw nearer to his neighbor?

Lyndon B. Johnson

Blumenauer Quotes #1606939
#26. A property in the 100-year floodplain has a 96 percent chance of being flooded in the next hundred years without global warming. The fact that several years go by without a flood does not change that probability.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #1608503
#27. Whether it's in in livability, transportation, or the environment, Portland is always leading the country. We have more to do before we achieve our goals, but we should all be encouraged by our progress and this recognition.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #1612270
#28. We won the war, but we are losing the occupation and reconstruction of Iraq. It is past time for a new approach, one that relies on accountability, responsibility, and phasing down the scope of our military commitment.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #1639746
#29. The National Flood Insurance Program is a voluntary program. If a community really feels that the building insurance requirements are too burdensome, they don't have to participate.

Earl Blumenauer

Blumenauer Quotes #1760023
#30. Every year, I travel extensively in the autumn and the spring. I set most of the winter and summer aside for my family and my own tribal relatives. But during that traveling time, I often find myself visiting other native communities around the continent - perhaps a dozen or more each year.

Joseph Bruchac

Blumenauer Quotes #1783393

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