Author: Ripon Society
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July 7, 2015
“We must act with justice and broad generosity and charity toward one another and toward all men if we are to make this Republic what it must and shall be made.” – New York City, February 12, 1913
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June 30, 2015
“The man shows little wisdom and a low sense of duty who fails to see that love of country is one of the elemental virtues.” – Forum, April 1894
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Poll: 72% fear economic crash, concern ‘highest ever’
Poll: 72% fear economic crash, concern ‘highest ever’
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June 23, 2015
“True liberty shows itself to best advantage in protecting the rights of others, and especially of minorities.” – Oxford University, England, June 7, 1910
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Topeka Capital-Journal cites Senator Moran’s speech to Ripon Society
Topeka Capital-Journal cites Senator Moran’s speech to Ripon
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June 16, 2015
“Every leader of a great reform has to contend, on the one hand, with the open, avowed enemies of the reform, and on the other hand, with its extreme advocates, who wish the impossible, and who join hands with their extreme opponents to defeat the rational friends of the reform.” – Churchman, March 17, 1900
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Moran Points to Annual Spending Bills as the Key to Congressional Oversight
WASHINGTON, DC – In a speech to The Ripon Society, Sen. Jerry Moran urged Congress to pass the appropriations bills that fund federal agencies, saying, “Only when we have the power of the purse do they start paying attention to us.”
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June 9, 2015
“It does make me flame with indignation when men who pretend to be the custodians of morals, and who sit in judgement from an Olympian height of virtue on the deeds of other men, themselves offend in a way that puts them on a level with the most corrupt scoundrel.” – Letter to William R. Nelson, Late…
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Pew: White vote down 22 points, GOP ‘faces big challenges’
Pew: White vote down 22 points, GOP ‘faces big challenges’
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“The Boys of Pointe du Hoc”
“These are the men who took the cliffs. These are the champions who helped free a continent. And these are the heroes who helped end a war.” — Remarks of President Ronald Reagan commemorating the 50th Anniversary of D-Day.
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Doherty & Goeas Discuss Changing Face of the Electorate and the Presidential Election Next Year
WASHINGTON — Two of the nation’s leading experts on American politics appeared before The Ripon Society to discuss the demographic shift underway in America and the 2016 campaign.
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June 2, 2015
“The prime and all-important lesson to learn is that while preparedness will not guarantee a nation against war, unpreparedness eventually insures not merely war, but utter disaster.” – Metropolitan, August 1915