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" In 1763 the English were the most powerful nation in the world. " - Albert Bushnell Hart

" The Supreme Court is not elected, and it is therefore not a proper arbiter of social policy. " - Lamar S. Smith

" Paul Ryan whipped the votes to get fast track Trade Promotion Authority to sell our jobs to foreign countries. He absolutely worked on that. Paul Ryan owns it. He can’t say he doesn’t agree with it, because when he did that, that contract was already written. It was already set up – that treaty was already set up. " - Paul Nehlen

" I began wearing hats as a young lawyer because it helped me to establish my professional identity. Before that, whenever I was at a meeting, someone would ask me to get coffee. " - Bella Abzug

" I grew up in the ’60s and ’70s when men were required to wear a suit, shirt, and tie every day to be taken seriously. I was at the tail end of that generation, and it had a significant impact on me. " - Nick Wooster

" This is why we have a chief medical officer: to set a norm in society, make judgments on behalf of society, so that individual schools or individual parents don’t have to decide. " - Matt Hancock

" ‘The Godfather’ is the talismanic giant that hangs over everything in the gangster genre. " - James Watkins

" The atom bomb was no ‘great decision.’ It was merely another powerful weapon in the arsenal of righteousness. " - Harry S Truman

" Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they’re huge oil suppliers. " - James Woolsey

" It’s now up to the full Senate to move swiftly to confirm John Roberts so he can assume his duties and responsibilities as chief justice when the Supreme Court begins its new term in a matter of weeks. We call on the Senate to confirm John Roberts without delay. " - Jay Alan Sekulow