Promoting Quotes
A government that is implicated in the most serious violations of human rights should not hold a leadership position in the African Union, an organization dedicated to promoting human rights and the rule of law in Africa.
- Maureen Byrnes
[When U.S. congressman Jeff Flake visited Havana recently, promoting legislation to let Americans travel freely to Cuba, Fidel Castro had his top aides meet with Flake to ask whether the measure could really pass.] Yes... and tell Castro that if he doesn't behave, we're going to bring down the whole darn embargo!
- Jeff Flake
[Still, Rifkin said that while the United States shows little sign of cutting emissions of greenhouse gases or otherwise dealing with global warming, in Europe record flooding attributed to climate change has speeded up legislation aimed at promoting renewable sources of energy. The legislation is to be announced tomorrow.] Nobody in America wants to hear that we may be the problem... that it may be our profligate lifestyle and our greed that contributed to Katrina.
- Jeremy Rifkin
[Since then Mr. Hastert and his fellow GOP leaders have skillfully used their narrow majority to win an amazing number of close votes without having to negotiate much with Democrats. But gradually the fear of losing their majority has also begun leading them to behave more and more like the big-spending Democrats they unseated.] Holding the majority used to be viewed as a means to an end--the end being promoting freedom and limited government... Now, holding the majority seems to be an end in itself--holding onto power for the sake of holding onto power.
- Jeff Flake
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