There is in most
There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive. Eric Hoffer
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There is in most passions a shrinking away from ourselves. The passionate pursuer has all the earmarks of a fugitive. Eric Hoffer
We know that appropriators will fight these cutbacks. But by eliminating earmarks, we can stop the horse trading that grows agency budgets. Eric Cantor
Look, we know we screwed up when we were in the majority. We fell in love with power. We spent way too much money – especially on earmarks. There was too much corruption when we ran this place. We were guilty. And that’s why we lost. Eric Cantor
I think I’m the last Democrat left in the Senate after Russ Feingold was defeated that won’t take earmarks. Claire McCaskill
Finally, in the Mississippi state Senate, earmarks are often hidden in bond bills, which I have voted against many times, because our bonded indebtedness is too high and we simply can’t afford it. For example, building museums in the middle of a recession makes little sense. Chris McDaniel
I think we ought to ban earmarks. I think we ought to give citizens the opportunity to designate up to 10 percent of their federal income tax toward debt reduction. If we did that, we would reduce our debt by $95 billion a year. Carly Fiorina
Peace is one of the most obvious earmarks of the authority of Christ. A sense of peace will virtually always accompany His will and direction, even when the direction might not have been our personal preference. Beth Moore
We need earmark reform, and when I’m President, I will go line by line to make sure that we are not spending money unwisely. Barack Obama
Our legislative victory – an end to earmarks. Rand Paul
It had all the earmarks of a CIA operation; the bomb killed everybody in the room except the intended target! William F. Buckley, Jr.