Bob Etheridge quotes

“The federal government has a responsibility to protect all Americans from potential terrorist attack.”
-- Bob Etheridge

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“Public office is supposed to be a public trust. This is a clear sign of the rampant corruption at the highest levels of the Republican leadership.”
-- Bob Etheridge

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“I have and I will always work to promote a civil public discourse.”
-- Bob Etheridge

Source : "Bob Etheridge Attacks Student: North Carolina Congressman Gets Rough With Interviewer" by Nick Wing, www.huffingtonpost.com. June 14, 2010.

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“Throughout my many years of service to the people of North Carolina, I have always tried to treat people from all viewpoints with respect.”
-- Bob Etheridge

Source : "Rep. Bob Etheridge's Capitol offense" by Jonathan Capehart, voices.washingtonpost.com. June 14, 2010.

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“When a Krishna Conscious person is elevated to a responsible position, he never becomes puffed up. Just like a tree when over-laden with fruits becomes humble and lower down. Similarly, a great soul in Krishna Consciousness becomes humbler than the grass and bowed down like the fruitful trees because a Krishna Conscious person acts as the agent of Krishna, therefore he discharges his duty with great responsibility.”

“Equality is the heart and essence of democracy, freedom, and justice, equality of opportunity in industry, in labor unions, schools and colleges, government, politics, and before the law. There must be no dual standards of justice, no dual rights, privileges, duties, or responsibilities of citizenship. No dual forms of freedom.”

“The Marine Corps is some of the best acting training you could have. Having that responsibility for people's lives, suddenly time becomes a really valuable commodity and you want to make the most of it. And for acting, you just have to do the work, just keep doing it.”

“Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.”

Source : 1931 'Too Much!'.

“[The U.S. government] was tired of treaties. They were tired of sacred hills. They were tired of ghost dances. And they were tired of all the inconveniences of the Sioux. So they brought out their cannons. 'You want to be an Indian now?' they said, finger on the trigger.”

“I've never needed government to hold my hand.”

Source : Song: Country Boy, Album: Town Line, 2011

“You can't accuse the creator of The Boondocks, ... Jesus was black, Ronald Reagan was the devil and the government is lying about 9/11.”

“The worst potential bio-terrorist is nature itself.”

“We did not have a terrorist attack on our country during President Bush's term.”

Source : "Olbermann: Dana Perino 'Worst Person' After Insisting Ft. Hood Was 'Terrorist Attack'". www.newsbusters.org. December 1, 2009.

“One connection I see between novelists and terrorists is that we both attempt to alter consciousness.”