Rodrigo Duterte Quotes
I don't care if you will get angry with me, but I am not open to a compromise. Contractualization must go. It is anti-people.
Duterte, Rodrigo. Statement at PiliPinas Debates. 24 Apr. 2016, University of Pangasinan, Dagupan.
He was referring in particular to Elizabeth Warren who had been so influential in reforming consumer protection. When the legislation that she had been so much a part of passed, there were many enemies who opposed her being appointed to implement the legislation. Often, a losing political faction in Congress can “punish” the architect of their defeat by mounting opposition to their appointment thereafter.
This is one of the earliest calls for the 8 hour work day.
Stalin did not want any political opposition with its own militia. American gun control opponents often cite this quotation to show that in Russia, Stalin achieved dictatorial power by disarming the population in general and only allowing government officials to have guns. They argue that even Stalin could not have tyrannized the entire Soviet Union if every citizen had the right to bear arms as provided for by the Second Amendment.
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At the time a Boundary Commission was meeting to decide on the border between Northern Ireland and the Irish Free State in the South pursuant to The Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921. There was fear that territory near the general border that had been in the Northern provinces might be given to the Free State because there were pockets of Catholics living there. To put pressure on the Commission, the PM called a Snap Election and made this slogan the center of the campaign.
