Top 32 Yarmuth Quotes
#1. The real rich people doesn't have bank accounts, they have treasures.
Amit Kalantri
#2. Generally she avoided mirrors. It embarrassed her to lose her own breath at the sight of herself.
Kristin Cashore
#4. The American people don't believe politicians. They don't believe business leaders or Hollywood celebrities or athletes or other supposed role models. And they certainly don't believe the news media.
John Yarmuth
#5. Taking responsible steps to reduce poverty is not merely a moral imperative but an economic one.
John Yarmuth
#6. Rejecting the fundamental provision of the Civil Rights Act is a rejection of the foundational promise of America that all men and women should be treated equally, a promise for which many Americans have lost their lives.
John Yarmuth
#7. Leading is not hypothetical debating; it's about solving real problems.
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#8. One could reconcile oneself to existence only because it was meaningless. It
W. Somerset Maugham
#9. I really don't think there's a lack of good will between members of the parties. I go back a long way with a lot of Republicans, so I don't think it's personal. But there does seem to be a much greater gap in both the philosophy and emphasis on partisan victories as opposed to policy development.
John Yarmuth
#10. The Father to whom we pray is the glorious God who created worlds through His Beloved Son.
Henry B. Eyring
#11. Nay, Sir, those who write in them, write well, in order to be paid well.
Samuel Johnson
#12. I have a treasure trove of Baker memories, all of which reinforce my sense of Howard Baker as one of the most decent people with whom I have worked. While I was simply a young staffer, he never treated me or my colleagues as anything else but equals.
John Yarmuth
#13. Actually we're not hearing a lot about gas prices right now from constituents. And I think that reflects a growing understanding on the part of the public, that there really is very little that the government and politicians can do.
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#15. A lot of us might never reach the point of realizing that by standing out, by actually being the people we say we want to be, we get to set ourselves free. Not in all capacities, but definitely in some.
Hannah Brencher
#16. Palin, Limbaugh, Glenn Beck and others have made an art form of convincing far too many Americans to suspend their disbelief, and they have severely damaged the ability of our country to have serious discussions about serious challenges.
John Yarmuth
#17. If you destroy the credibility of those people or institutions that could undermine your own, you create an opportunity for your voice, however irresponsible or misleading it may be, to gain traction.
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#18. We know the Republicans are happy to keep the country in the dark, and if we Democrats are to recapture the power necessary to assert our values, we must find the energy, courage, creativity and unity to map out a brighter day for the people we sincerely want to serve.
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#19. What people want out of their politicians is exactly the same thing that I want - somebody who is approachable, willing to work, and tells me the truth as they see it.
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#20. I know that in the battle of ideas, Republican politicians are at a distinct disadvantage. Their fundamental philosophy - which I characterize as survival of the fittest, richest and whitest - is too callous for most Americans.
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#21. The American people are desperately seeking a Moses to lead them out of the wilderness, back to the land of milk and honey. They thought maybe Barack Obama was the one, and when he proved to be mortal after all, they were willing to listen to anyone new.
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#23. The reason I ran in 2006 was to make my district one of the fifteen that at the time it would have taken to switch the control of the House and stop the Bush agenda. The second priority I had was to provide health care for everybody. And the third was to do public financing of campaigns.
John Yarmuth
#24. Kentucky has always said you can't really make bourbon outside of Kentucky because it's a combination of the barrels and the limestone-fed springs that give us the water. That's our story, and we're sticking to it.
John Yarmuth
#25. Every time I hear a Republican talking about health care reform, they say the American people don't want it. They say it so much that I think they're beginning to try to convince themselves that it's true.
John Yarmuth
#26. Amor deliria nervosa. The deadliest of all deadly things.
Lauren Oliver
#27. Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore. There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf.
Albert Schweitzer
#28. If the individual has a right to govern himself, all external government is tyranny. Hence the necessity of abolishing the State.
Benjamin Tucker
#29. When your voice contradicts reality and truth, the only way to create space for it is to discredit reality and truth.
John Yarmuth
#30. Since barbarism has its pleasures it naturally has its apologists.
George Santayana
#31. There's something contagious about demanding freedom.
Robin Morgan
#32. If it can't be proven that mountaintop removal mining is safe, we shouldn't allow it to continue.
John Yarmuth
