Roger Wicker Quotes

#1. Wealth is not in making money, but in making the man while he is making money.

Roger Wicker

#2. The more I love people, the more I fall in love with God. The more I fall in love with God, the more I love people.

Jon Weece

#3. Since 2001, the Patriot Act has provided the means to detect and disrupt terrorist threats against the U.S. Prior to enactment of the law, major legal barriers prevented intelligence, national defense, and law enforcement agencies from working together and sharing information.

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#4. Bergman made countless masterpieces, but for one reason or another, 'Winter Light' stays closest to my heart.

Jake Paltrow

#5. It is false to suggest that medical breakthroughs come only through government research.

Roger Wicker

#6. Satan is so much more in earnest than we are
he buys up the opportunity while we are wondering how much it will cost.

Amy Carmichael

#7. The choice is not between conducting the stem cell research or not conducting it. That is not the choice.

Roger Wicker

#8. But the lover's power is the poet's power. He can make love from all the common strings with which this world is strung.

Amelia Barr

#9. Embryonic stem cell research is legal in America, and nothing in the administration's current policy affects that legality; 400 lines are currently being used to conduct embryonic stem cell research, both in the private sector and by the Federal Government.

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#10. Several other aerospace and defense firms have announced plans to build facilities in north Mississippi in recent weeks. They join an impressive group of high-tech companies already doing business in our region.

Roger Wicker

#11. Talk about national interests: When we went in with Operation Iraqi Freedom, some of our allies, Turkey, for example, would not let us through. How much trouble did that cause us, because we were not able to go into Iraq through Turkey?

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#12. The private sector can go forward, if it must, with destruction of embryos for questionable and ethically challenged science. But spend the people's money on proven blood cord, bone marrow, germ cell, and adult cell research.

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#13. Illegal immigration is not just a matter of interest in states along our border with Mexico. It is having an effect on local economies, schools, health care delivery, and public safety all across the country.

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#14. One of the first items of Congressional business in 2006 will be an effort to renew the USA Patriot Act.

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#15. When you are fitted in a racing car and you race to win, second or third place is not enough.

Ayrton Senna

#16. I think my wife is cheating on me, the only thing the parrot knows how to say is, quick out the window.

Rodney Dangerfield

#17. Legislation to create a new 10 percent tax bracket, reduce the marriage penalty, cut the tax rate on dividends and capital gains, and increase the child tax credit have been essential elements in this economic expansion.

Roger Wicker

#18. Civil libertarians have raised concerns that some of the Patriot Act's provisions infringe on Constitutional rights. Those concerns are not supported by the facts.

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#19. More Americans are working today than at any time in history.

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#20. It is no coincidence that our country has not been attacked since 9-11. Our initiatives to protect the homeland and aggressively take the fight to the terrorists have been factors in that success.

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#21. Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me.

Martin Van Creveld

#22. Decisive action has been taken on the home front with passage of the USA Patriot Act, which has strengthened the hand of law enforcement agencies to stop terrorists before they can act.

Roger Wicker

#23. I enjoy getting people angry and getting underneath their skin, especially people who don't think.

Jello Biafra

#24. You've got a bold tongue, little man. One day, someone is like to cut it out and make you eat it.

George R R Martin

#25. I have a rule that I don't read my press, but then somebody in the crew will be reading it and of course it's right there, so what do you think I do?

Tori Amos

#26. When I was young in L.A. and I couldn't get into clubs or restaurants, I would call imitating celebrities and get a table, and it would work often. I was either Stallone or Mickey Rourke: 'This is Sly. I may be late, but my buddy Hank will be there early.'

Hank Azaria

#27. [it] may have hastened his move to the private sector because there was such an outpouring of bitter criticism ... The result, if this is successful, will not be much different from what Sen. Lott and others were trying to enact back then ... It may be that we are all just older and wiser.

Roger Wicker

#28. And while the U.S. can never be 100 percent safe from a future strike, our government is working around the clock on measures to protect the American people.

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#29. But my friends, these people in Egypt have stood by us in a tough, tough neighborhood.

Roger Wicker

#30. The point of telling our stories, even if only to ourselves, is to help us resurrect the parts we have buried. When we unearth them, even if it's difficult, we can integrate them into our sense of who we are. Often in our buried self our true power lies.

Helen LaKelly Hunt

#31. Well, one thing that has happened is they have had a presidential election in Egypt which has represented progress. Now, we were not happy with everything that happened with the parliamentary elections, and it was not exactly a perfect presidential election in Egypt.

Roger Wicker

#32. The issues surrounding illegal immigration are wide-ranging and complex, but there is no question about the need to secure our borders.

Roger Wicker

#33. 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

#34. We do foreign assistance for altruistic reasons, certainly for humanitarian reasons, of course. But the main reason we do foreign assistance is we do it in the American national interest.

Roger Wicker

#35. Good citizenship and defending democracy means living up to the ideals and values that make this country great.

Ronald Reagan

#36. I deal with foreign countries. I made a lot of money dealing against China. I've made a lot of money dealing against many other countries.

Donald Trump

#37. I try to make myself do things for other people when I'm feeling down. Like, you can call your local hospital and help out in the pediatric unit.

Abigail Breslin

#38. Since other countries and terrorist organizations are working to secure information that could threaten national security, more funding is provided in the bill to increase counter-intelligence activities.

Roger Wicker