Tony Snow Quotes

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Tony Snow

Profession : Journalist

Birth : June 1, 1955

Today there are about 40 million retirees receiving benefits; by the time all the baby boomers have retired, there will be more than 72 million retirees drawing Social Security benefits.

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The real sin with Social Security is that it's a long-term rip-off and a short-term scam.

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It makes no sense to pack an auditorium with 5,000 people and then tell them to keep quiet.

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To have faith is to believe in truth, believe that truth confers special power on those lucky enough to get a little insight, and to know in our hearts that all these things come from God, which is why we should never get too cocky about our successes.

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The art of being sick is not the same as the art of getting well.

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Every one of our greatest national treasures, our liberty, enterprise, vitality, wealth, military power, global authority, flow from a surprising source: our ability to give thanks.

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Voting is a right best exercised by people who have taken time to learn about the issues.

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Pet lovers know that animals sometimes understand us better than we do, and the annals of human sin and desire provide plenty of stories to drive the point home.

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Sometimes, political campaigns make decent people act and talk like perfect buffoons.

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We've got to rebuild human hearts - and persuade people that hope isn't just possible, but essential.

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George W. Bush broke a mold four years ago: Even though he lost the popular vote, he governed as if he had won by acclamation.

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In other words, Social Security is every bit as insecure as the stock market.

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Investigators have discovered that dogs can laugh, which can't be too big of a surprise.

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It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.

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It serves notice that President Bush is serious about promoting freedom, because free societies are a lot more peaceable than dictatorships and monarchies.

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Many people don't give a rip about politics and know as much about public affairs as they know about the topography of Pluto.

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Somewhere near you, somebody right now is trying to help the indigent and poor - providing food, shelter, clothing or simple kindness.

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Sure, science involves trial and error. Scientists refine theories each day. But as they do, they help us grasp more clearly the wonders of the world and the universe.

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That said, ID does not qualify as science because it gives us nothing to test or measure. Science requires replicable tests involving measurable variables.

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The secret of learning to be sick is this: Illness doesn't make you less of what you were. You are still you.

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