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If you get up early, work late, and pay your taxes, you will get ahead–if you strike oil.

Dec 06, 2017

Paul J. Getty,
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Big broadband barons and their Republican allies want to turn the telecommunications marketplace into a Wild West where consumers are held captive with no defense against abusive invasions of their privacy by internet service providers.

Mar 07, 2017

Edward Markey, Press Release
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We’ll be fine with the environment. We can leave a little bit, but you can’t destroy businesses.

Oct 18, 2015

Donald Trump, Interview with Chris Wallace
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We will not ignore attempts to interfere with our democratic processes.

Sep 07, 2016

Ashton Carter, Speech at Oxford University
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You’re not going to have a government that represents all of us, so long as you have candidates like Secretary Clinton being dependent on big money interests.

Apr 17, 2016

Bernie Sanders, Politico
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It is not enough to let a few drops fall whenever the poor shake a cup which never runs over by itself.

Jul 09, 2015

Pope Francis, Speech by Pope Francis
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Every time someone mentions how many jobs Keystone XL would create, it somehow gets bigger. A bazillion jobs!

Nov 17, 2014

Kate Sheppard, Twitter
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You gotta realize we are in America, and in America, there are no sacred days. Because we commercialize everything. We’re only 5 years away from 9/11 sales….’Come on down to Red Lobster! These shrimp are 9 dollars and 11 cents!’ It doesn’t matter what the holiday is. Martin Luther King Day, it’s gonna be the same thing. Gonna be watching TV like, ‘These Toyotas are practically free at last, free at last!'

Nov 02, 2014

Chris Rock, Saturday Night Live monologue
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If we work hard, we shouldn't have to struggle. There are millions of us working hard who are struggling…We've got kids we have to take care of, and it's really depressing when you can't buy the proper shoes you need for your kids.

Sep 04, 2014

Ken Blackman, CBS MoneyWatch
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We are the biggest buyer of cocoa in the world, and one of the biggest buyers of coffee in the world. Both of those commodities have gotten more expensive as a result of climate change.

Sep 05, 2014

José Lopez, Washington Post
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