"A real crime bill...recognizes if social programs prevented crimes, this would be the safest spot on the planet...grabs violent criminals by the throat, puts them in prison...and stops building prisons like Holiday Inns." --Senator Phil Gramm (R-Texas), likely presidential candidates in 1996, quoted in the Boston Globe on Nov. 14, 1994. Gramm has clearly taken to practicing his rhetoric in preparation for tough debates against heavyweight contenders such as former Vice President J. Danforth Quayle.
"The problem with women working is that they take away jobs that then could have. When women work outside the home, they destroy the family." --Kathy, a radio caller to Jim Hightower's Austin, Texas-based talk-show, quoted in the Boston Globe on Nov. 14, 1994.
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The 'Ig-Nobel' Peace Prize
