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why they’re in the military. They are not adults.”
—Candy Lightner, founder of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, on
lowering the drinking age for military personnel, Fox News, April
7
“Frankly…these people are economically illiterate.”
—Cleta Mitchell, a lawyer who works with many Republican
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Roll Call, April 7
“The farm bill is like giving birth to a porcupine. It is really
painful.”
—Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), on the
protracted attempts to get a new farm bill, quoted in Congress
Daily, April 3
“Police are like vampires. They shouldn’t be invited into your
homes.”
—Jamarhl Crawford, chairman of the New Black Panther Party in
Roxbury, on “consent” searches by Boston police looking for illegal
guns, quoted in The Boston Globe, March 25
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