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The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country. A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote. If children were forced to learn about the Constitution, about how government works, about how this nation came into being, about taxes and about how government forever threatens the cause of liberty perhaps we wouldn't see so many foolish ideas coming out of the mouths of silly old men. – Lyn Nofziger	added by Normando 3 months ago
Back then many feared that Brexit could make the Germans and the British drift apart. However, this did not happen. Too strong are the ties between our countries, too close the friendships between our people, too precious the reconciliation efforts after two World Wars. – President Steinmeier	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I’m interested in the ethical drift, I’m in interested in the desensitization of both the prisoners and the guards and the world, that’s the town I’m from. So it has, it leaves an impact and we just dive into it. – Hugh Dillon	Found on CNN 1 year ago
We Republicans have a choice to make : We can either continue to drift as a party that exists as a vehicle for the grievances of the angriest, oldest folks, or we can be the future-focused party of 2030 -- with policies centered on the future of work and the future of war. – Ben Sasse	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The longer-term implication is that is accelerates Russia's strategy of de-dollarisation and reinforces the idea that Russia will continue to drift towards autarky. – Liam Peach	Found on CNN 2 years ago
The Conservatives ca n’t allow things to drift, that is not an option. – Tobias Ellwood	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
U.S. interest rates are perhaps on the rise because of the fiscal stimulus and the fact that U.S. economy is holding up well, the weak dollar trend has also stalled, and the drift down in dollar/yen has been part of that trend and it has lost a bit of momentum. – Moh Siong Sim	Found on Reuters 3 years ago
We came together on this project, contributing a lot of ideas from different sources and developed it into what it is, building upon Vaughn's original idea of what he'd like to do for an all electric drift car and turning it into this extreme all-around athlete to do road courses and drag racing and everything else together. – Mark Rushbrook	Found on CNN 4 years ago
If we Live but don’t know WHY, then this life, that was a gift, Won’t Fulfil the Purpose, but will just drift. – AiR Atman in Ravi	added by AIR 4 years ago
Oil prices have followed the general de-risking drift into year-end despite a rise in Middle East tensions and last week's bullish-for-oil-price inventory draws as the broader markets appear to be losing some of that holiday cheer. – Stephen Innes	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
This would include mint and menthol flavoring, as well as candy flavors, bubblegum flavor, fruit flavor, alcohol flavor. You get the drift. – Alex Azar	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The Food and Drug Administration intends to finalize a guidance document that would commence enforcement to require that all flavors, other than tobacco flavor, would be removed from the market, this would include mint and menthol flavoring, as well as candy flavors, bubblegum flavor, fruit flavor, alcohol flavor. You get the drift. – Alex Azar	Found on CNN 5 years ago
We worked out really early on that we were going to drift away from the plays themselves ... Both of us did a huge amount of deep dive research ... and then we made a whole bunch of stuff up too, and the upshot of it is that I sit here now before you today and I honestly can't remember what's real, what's made up and what's from Shakespeare. – David Michod	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We were watching it drift away via satellite and it happened to drift past the Oden. It's great, amazing luck, because it was stuck in heavy pack ice, it would have been only a matter of time before it would have been torn apart. – Josh Jones	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
There was a rightward drift in the Democratic Party in the'80s and'90s, the rank and file of the party has rejected. – Jeff Weaver	Found on CNN 5 years ago
I think there's been a tendency in the party to drift a little too far left and I think that's going to disenfranchise a large section of the country, joe represents a sort of a more middle ground where we can bring people together instead of becoming more and more fractious. – Tim Reihm	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Investors are continuing to look for clarity on the trade situation between the United States and China and as the trading days drift by with no concrete update on progress then markets become more and more concerned, probably more pressing for the U.S. markets is the threat of another government shutdown. – Nick Twidale	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
It does not drift at all, that's what sets it apart from other things. – Harry Stine	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
Washington has allowed talks to drift along, unstable, unproductive, and without a coordinated negotiating team. It appears The President is willing to allow this to continue into the fall. – Adam Mount	Found on CNN 6 years ago
U.S. inflation continues to drift gradually higher in response to a nearly fully employed economy, with some nudging from tariffs, the Fed has every reason to pull the rate trigger again in October. – Sal Guatieri	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Oil prices are now starting to drift a little. – Greg McKenna	Found on Reuters 6 years ago
Over the past 50 years there has been a drift, in Stonehenge studies, from science towards mythology. This has been driven partly by constant media demands for new and spectacular stories about the monument. – Dr John	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
We are trying to stop the murder of innocent people. But on a strategic level, it's how do we keep this from escalating out of control, if you get my drift on that. – James Mattis	Found on CNN 6 years ago
There is no reason to pretend that this is a happy day, neither in Brussels nor in London. After all, most Europeans, including almost half the British voters, wish that we would stay together, not drift apart. – Donald Tusk	Found on CNN 7 years ago

The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country. A better educated electorate might change the reason many persons vote. If children were forced to learn about the Constitution, about how government works, about how this nation came into being, about taxes and about how government forever threatens the cause of liberty perhaps we wouldn't see so many foolish ideas coming out of the mouths of silly old men.

– Lyn Nofziger

added by Normando
3 months ago

Back then many feared that Brexit could make the Germans and the British drift apart. However, this did not happen. Too strong are the ties between our countries, too close the friendships between our people, too precious the reconciliation efforts after two World Wars.

– President Steinmeier

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I’m interested in the ethical drift, I’m in interested in the desensitization of both the prisoners and the guards and the world, that’s the town I’m from. So it has, it leaves an impact and we just dive into it.

– Hugh Dillon

Found on CNN
1 year ago

We Republicans have a choice to make : We can either continue to drift as a party that exists as a vehicle for the grievances of the angriest, oldest folks, or we can be the future-focused party of 2030 -- with policies centered on the future of work and the future of war.

– Ben Sasse

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The longer-term implication is that is accelerates Russia's strategy of de-dollarisation and reinforces the idea that Russia will continue to drift towards autarky.

– Liam Peach

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The Conservatives ca n’t allow things to drift, that is not an option.

– Tobias Ellwood

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

U.S. interest rates are perhaps on the rise because of the fiscal stimulus and the fact that U.S. economy is holding up well, the weak dollar trend has also stalled, and the drift down in dollar/yen has been part of that trend and it has lost a bit of momentum.

– Moh Siong Sim

Found on Reuters
3 years ago

We came together on this project, contributing a lot of ideas from different sources and developed it into what it is, building upon Vaughn's original idea of what he'd like to do for an all electric drift car and turning it into this extreme all-around athlete to do road courses and drag racing and everything else together.

– Mark Rushbrook

Found on CNN
4 years ago

If we Live but don’t know WHY, then this life, that was a gift, Won’t Fulfil the Purpose, but will just drift.

– AiR Atman in Ravi

added by AIR
4 years ago

Oil prices have followed the general de-risking drift into year-end despite a rise in Middle East tensions and last week's bullish-for-oil-price inventory draws as the broader markets appear to be losing some of that holiday cheer.

– Stephen Innes

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

This would include mint and menthol flavoring, as well as candy flavors, bubblegum flavor, fruit flavor, alcohol flavor. You get the drift.

– Alex Azar

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The Food and Drug Administration intends to finalize a guidance document that would commence enforcement to require that all flavors, other than tobacco flavor, would be removed from the market, this would include mint and menthol flavoring, as well as candy flavors, bubblegum flavor, fruit flavor, alcohol flavor. You get the drift.

– Alex Azar

Found on CNN
5 years ago

We worked out really early on that we were going to drift away from the plays themselves ... Both of us did a huge amount of deep dive research ... and then we made a whole bunch of stuff up too, and the upshot of it is that I sit here now before you today and I honestly can't remember what's real, what's made up and what's from Shakespeare.

– David Michod

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We were watching it drift away via satellite and it happened to drift past the Oden. It's great, amazing luck, because it was stuck in heavy pack ice, it would have been only a matter of time before it would have been torn apart.

– Josh Jones

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

There was a rightward drift in the Democratic Party in the'80s and'90s, the rank and file of the party has rejected.

– Jeff Weaver

Found on CNN
5 years ago

I think there's been a tendency in the party to drift a little too far left and I think that's going to disenfranchise a large section of the country, joe represents a sort of a more middle ground where we can bring people together instead of becoming more and more fractious.

– Tim Reihm

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Investors are continuing to look for clarity on the trade situation between the United States and China and as the trading days drift by with no concrete update on progress then markets become more and more concerned, probably more pressing for the U.S. markets is the threat of another government shutdown.

– Nick Twidale

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

It does not drift at all, that's what sets it apart from other things.

– Harry Stine

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

Washington has allowed talks to drift along, unstable, unproductive, and without a coordinated negotiating team. It appears The President is willing to allow this to continue into the fall.

– Adam Mount

Found on CNN
6 years ago

U.S. inflation continues to drift gradually higher in response to a nearly fully employed economy, with some nudging from tariffs, the Fed has every reason to pull the rate trigger again in October.

– Sal Guatieri

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Oil prices are now starting to drift a little.

– Greg McKenna

Found on Reuters
6 years ago

Over the past 50 years there has been a drift, in Stonehenge studies, from science towards mythology. This has been driven partly by constant media demands for new and spectacular stories about the monument.

– Dr John

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

We are trying to stop the murder of innocent people. But on a strategic level, it's how do we keep this from escalating out of control, if you get my drift on that.

– James Mattis

Found on CNN
6 years ago

There is no reason to pretend that this is a happy day, neither in Brussels nor in London. After all, most Europeans, including almost half the British voters, wish that we would stay together, not drift apart.

– Donald Tusk

Found on CNN
7 years ago

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