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I'm not an angry kind of person. What I am is a principled person.

- Dan Webster

I Am, Kind, Person, Principled

We're not even supposed to have a break in August if we have not passed the appropriations bills. It's in the House rules.

- Dan Webster

Break, Even, Supposed, August

Power tends to protect itself merely to maintain its own status and control. Principle gives up power for the sake of creating the best public policy.

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Own, Maintain, Principle, Public Policy

The process for producing public policy in Congress is flawed. The process itself kills policy ideas through the bypassing of the rules and procedural decisions that limit discussion.

- Dan Webster

Process, Through, Congress, Public Policy

The only way to improve the GOP brand and make good public policy is to fix the process. This requires transforming the way Congress does business.

- Dan Webster

Business, Process, Congress, Public Policy

If you need a door kicked in, just call, and we'll kick it. Now, it may not always be the answer you want, but you will get an answer.

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Door, Always, May, Kicked

Nothing happens in any legislative body that's not purposeful.

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Body, Nothing, Happens, Purposeful

I found a mistake in a rule. They addressed the wrong rule number... I pointed it out, did an amendment, and everybody was happy after that.

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Happy, Mistake, Amendment, Pointed

Principle says it's not who put forth an idea. It's not the position of the person who put forth an idea; it's not the longevity of the person or the party of the person. That's not what it is at all. In a power system, that's the way it works. But in a principle system, it's what it says.

- Dan Webster

Idea, Principle, Works, Longevity

I'm the only person that has ever run a principle-based legislative body.

- Dan Webster

Person, Only, Ever, Legislative

I'm a homing pigeon. When I'm in Tallahassee, I give everything I have to being, hopefully, the best legislator I can be. When I'm home, I'm home. I try to not do legislative stuff. That brings a balance to life.

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Best, Give, Pigeon, Legislative

You lay out a plan and - say a three-year plan or a two-year plan - and say, 'This is what we can do. We can do the transportation packages, like the highway bill and the water bill, and we can do some of these other areas - a farm bill - whatever it is, we lay out a schedule, and we put that committee to work to do that.'

- Dan Webster

Committee, Some, Other, Two-Year

We have a spending problem, not a taxing problem. The less we spend, the more jobs we have the potential to create.

- Dan Webster

Problem, More, Spending, Taxing

Once we relieve them from sanctions, their economy opens up, and they can sell oil and pistachios and whatever else they sell around the world. That was why Iran needed a deal. Everyone knows they fund terrorism around the world. Having that extra money will add a lot of problems and create a lot more hot spots.

- Dan Webster

Why, Deal, Needed, Sanctions

It's different from Washington in that in the legislature, you have to go home and have a job and actually make a living on your own. That gives you a different perspective.

- Dan Webster

Living, Own, Go Home, Legislature

You can think of all the things a Congress or a legislature does, and then you kind of overshadow that with the fact that a few people are going to make those decisions.

- Dan Webster

Think, Fact, Congress, Legislature

We passed a bill in 1997, signed by Democratic Gov. Lawton Chiles, which created a pilot program for a novel experiment called Florida Virtual School. The notion of children using a computer for a classroom and reporting to virtual teachers wasn't exactly mainstream thinking in those days.

- Dan Webster

Florida, Virtual, Program, Reporting

The true value of having Florida Virtual School in this mix is that it creates a gold standard for all providers to meet if they hope to compete for Florida students. This program raises the bar for everybody, even the traditional public schools. And that benefits all our children.

- Dan Webster

Compete, Benefits, Standard, Mix

When you wait to the last minute, you rush to get things done, and the closer you get to the deadline, the less options you have.

- Dan Webster

Wait, Less, Last, Deadline

Do I like foreign aid? Sometimes, but not every time. Don't like giving money to our enemies, but I love giving money to Israel.

- Dan Webster

Love, Like, Foreign Aid, Every Time

I have saved $1,638,580 over my four years. That may not seem like a lot, faced with our deficit, but multiply it by 435 members of the House - and then the senators get three times as much - and you are adding up several millions in savings.

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Saved, Several, Our, Faced

If you push down that pyramid of power and spread out the base, every member gets a chance to file their bill and have it heard and file their amendment and have it heard, as opposed to the system that we have now, which closes out, closes down bills, limits debate, and so forth.

- Dan Webster

Down, Out, Amendment, Base

Let's take up the most important issues first. Let's take up the reauthorizations first; let's take up the appropriations bill first, not wait until four days beforehand - no one has mentioned anything, and, all of a sudden, somebody looks at their watch and says, 'Hey, in four days, the government is going to run out of money.'

- Dan Webster

Run, Wait, Issues, Hey

For most of my time in Tallahassee, I did a lot of transportation.

- Dan Webster

Most, My Time, Lot, Transportation

The policy is one thing, but it's dictated by what the process is.

- Dan Webster

Process, One Thing, Thing, Dictated

Every member in Congress has a seat, and they deserve a seat at the table.

- Dan Webster

Deserve, Congress, Seat, Table

Every member of Congress deserves a seat at the table to be involved in the process. I will continue fighting for this to become a reality in Washington, and will be running for speaker of the House.

- Dan Webster

Process, Will, Congress, Table

Are we going to just change the personalities in the speakership? Or are we going to fundamentally transform the way we do business here in Washington, D.C.?

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Business, Here, Going, Personalities

I will say this: I've had more pro-life bills, I believe, I ruled unconstitutional - but I tried - than the entire total membership of Congress together.

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Will, More, Congress, Membership

The principle is that every member needs to represent their district.

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Needs, Principle, District, Represent

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