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30 quotes by Gary Ackerman

Gary Leonard Ackerman (born November 19, 1942) was a U.S. Representative from New York, serving from 1983 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. On March 15, 2012, Ackerman announced that he would retire at the end of the 112th Congress on January 3, 2013 after fifteen terms, and would not seek re-election in November 2012.
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The media has changed. We now give broadcast licenses to philosophies instead of people. People get confused and think there is no difference between... →

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You can compromise between good, better, and best, and you can compromise between bad and worse and terrible. But you can't compromise between... →

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It used to be you had real friends on the other side of the aisle. It's not like that anymore. Society has changed. The public is to blame as... →

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If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.

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For some reason, the military seems more afraid of gay people than they are against terrorists, but they're very brave with the terrorists... If... →

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Without a musket to raise, a barricade to storm, a flag to wave, the question hit me in the face like the cold air: 'Who am I?'

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Whether rich people make money or lose money, they get no sympathy from the public.

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From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were... →

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Patriots don't let their nation default.

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Telling people not to have children is unthinkable and inhumane.

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I'm in favor of immigration but we also need rules.

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As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never... →

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There's a delicious irony in seeing private luxury jets flying in to Washington, D.C., and people coming off of them with tin cups in their hands... →

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