Paul Weyrich Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. . . . As a matter of fact, our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.”
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“Now many of our Christians have what I call the 'goo-goo syndrome.' Good government. They want everybody to vote. I don't want everybody to vote. Elections are not won by a majority of people. They never have been from the beginning of our country, and they are not now. As a matter of fact our leverage in the elections quite candidly goes up as the voting populace goes down.”
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“For one, the Qur'an is considered by Muslims to consist entirely of words spoken by Allah himself.”
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“We are different from previous generations of conservatives... We are no longer working to preserve the status quo. We are radicals, working to overturn the present power structure of this country.”
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“I agree with Dreher when he writes, 'we can't build anything good unless we live by the belief that man does not exist to serve the economy, but the economy exists to serve man...A society built on consumerism must break down eventually for the same reason socialism did'”
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“Without the ability of issue groups to tell the truth, who knows what the public will believe.”
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“Politics aside, it will be hard for any new liberal radio network to outdo the professionalism of NPR.”
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“So along with several very popular Internet sites, talk radio has served as alternative media that gives listeners information that they otherwise would not hear.”
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“Radical Islamic fundamentalists harbor contempt for our democratic way of life and, given the opportunity, will stop at nothing to accomplish their goal of bringing our country to its knees.”
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“Dreher is correct in saying that traditionalist conservatives also have been conservationists...I think most conservatives should agree that this is an area we need to think more about.”
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“Policy makers still think that if we just hand out more money the world's problems will be solved.”
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“The reason that conservative talk radio works is because there is an audience for it.”
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“Absent scandal, a federal judge can serve for decades on the bench, underscoring the importance of appointing judges who have a proper understanding of their constitutional role.”
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“Second, a quarter to a third of those who listen to Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity are liberals.”
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“Many Muslims honor people of other faiths and do not kill.”
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“Christ was crucified by the Jews who had wanted a temporal ruler to rescue them from the oppressive Roman authorities. Instead God sent them a spiritual leader to rescue them from their sins.... He was not what the Jews had expected so they considered Him a threat. Thus He was put to death.”
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“We are talking about Christianizing America. We are talking about the Gospel in a political context.”
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“Unfortunately, too many public school officials believe that cameras are needed to enforce order and discipline.”
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“The President has a short time to let people know that he is serious about getting spending under control.”
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“The average voter has to hear a point seven times before it registers.”
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“Television is now the dominant factor in the lives of too many American children.”
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“Self-professed liberals are only 15 to 20% of the electorate.”
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“Self-professed conservatives comprise about 40% to 45% of the electorate.”
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“If the Army wants witches and satanists in its ranks, then it can do it without Christians in those ranks. It's time for the Christians in this country to put a stop to this kind of nonsense. A Christian recruiting strike will compel the Army to think seriously about what it is doing.”
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“What changed their mind was Jimmy Carter's intervention against the Christian schools, trying to deny them tax-exempt status on the basis of so-called de facto segregation.”
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“Both Christians and religious Jews are finding it increasingly difficult to practice their faiths through college groups on so-called mainline campuses in the United States.”
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“In the past, children learned their values at home, reinforced by organizations such as the Boy Scouts and, of course, their church or synagogue, but in all too many families that is no longer the case.”
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“Cameras in classrooms are no substitute for greater authority by parents and teachers.”
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