John E. Sweeney Quotes

• Working people are under the worst attack in 80 years. Never has there been a stronger need for a stronger union movement.

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• We depend a lot on the guy upstairs in dire times, in addressing our concerns and looking for help.

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• There had to be something else out there that would help me change. I wanted to live.

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• I think we will see a united labor movement again. When workers unite they’re stronger. The same goes for unions.

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• America’s workers deserve a clean vote on a $7.25 increase, with no strings attached. Such an increase helps everyone and hurts no one.

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• I was invincible, at least that’s what I wanted you to think, and I wanted me to think it, too.

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• Why should a company like Wal-Mart – who made $10 billion last year alone – be able to force taxpayers to foot the bill for their health-care costs?

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• They had taken me to an exhibit called ‘Psychiatry: Industry of Death’ on Hollywood Boulevard, where a Scientologist told me psychiatrists set up the Holocaust. I feared I was being brain-washed. And then I lost it – big time.

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• The church acknowledges some Scientologists choose to sever communications with family members who leave. The church says it is a fundamental human right to cease communication with someone. It adds disconnection is used against expelled members and those who attack the church.

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• The Bush administration staunchly opposed legislation which would preserve overtime pay for all workers.

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• The BBC can be infuriating at times but I love it with a passion.

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• People actually get sponsors based on the merits of the Cup, not on the merits of the sailors.

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• I’m a passionate man and a passionate reporter. I’ve also got a loud voice.

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• I wish I hadn’t lost it, and for the rest of my life I can never again lose my temper on TV. The BBC could have sacked me and that would have been the end of my career on TV.

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• I want to tell stories powerful people don’t want you to tell. It’s not worth getting out of bed otherwise.

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• But it was also the best mistake I’ve ever made, because what it did was hopefully allow a whole new generation to make up their own minds about Scientology and for that I make no apology.

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Birth:	9th August, 1955
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Politician

About

John E. Sweeney was born in Troy, New York, USA. He is an American Republican politician and lawyer. He was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York's 20th & 22nd congressional district from 1999-2007. He received an associate degree from Hudson Valley Community College in 1978. He earned a BA degree in Political Science and Criminal Justice from Sage College of Albany in 1981. He received a JD degree from Western New England University School of Law in 1991.

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