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Quote of the Day Fresh quotes Topics Authors I'm Feeling Lucky Disable ads! 18 quotes by John Spratt John McKee Spratt, Jr. (born November 1, 1942) is an American politician who was the U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 5th congressional district from 1983 to 2011. He is a member of the Democratic Party. Spratt was the dean of the South Carolina congressional delegation, chairman of the U.S. House Committee on the Budget, and the second ranking Democrat on the U.S. House Committee on Armed Services, where he served on three... Read full biography of John Spratt → 1 2 Ctrl → Three big assumptions proved wrong: one, that the Iraqi people would welcome us as liberators; two, that oil would soon pay for Iraqi's... → 0 What we are effectively doing, I say this to the young people of America whom my colleagues represent, is leaving our children and grandchildren the... → 0 We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence. 0 We can have tax cuts, but when we have tax cuts and do not have a surplus, the amount of the tax cut goes straight to the bottom line, adds to the... → 0 Democrats and Republicans alike support our military personnel. 0 Without the Guard and Reserve, our active duty troops could hardly deploy. 0 And it raises a fundamental question: How long can we move the world in one direction while we move in another direction, and do we want to backslide... → 0 As costs mount, in lives and dollars, it is natural to second guess, but one lesson I hope we have learned is that the U.S. cannot go it alone in a... → 0 Domestic discretionary spending on education and health care and the environment has been growing at 2 to 3 percent a year. He says we have to rein... → 0 I am not disputing the need for this money. What I am disputing and calling attention to is the fact that we are taking the tab for defense in our... → 0 Just a few short years ago in the year 2000, the last full fiscal year of the Clinton administration, this country was running a surplus of $236... → 0 Our country, the United States of America, may be the world's largest economy and the world's only superpower, but we stretch ourselves... → 0 Since the Pentagon underestimated the number of troops required after the end of hostilities, we were not prepared to prevent looting or to guard... → 0 1 2 Ctrl → Add a quote!


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