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Patriots don't let their nation default.

Gary Ackerman

Patriots don't let their nation default.

Tags: nation, patriots, default

If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.

Gary Ackerman

If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk.

Tags: freedom

About Author
Gary Leonard Ackerman (born November 19, 1942) is an American retired politician and former U.S. Representative from New York, serving from 1983 to 2013. He is a member of the Democratic Party. On March 15, 2012, Ackerman announced that he would retire at the end of the 112th Congress on January 3, 2013, after fifteen terms, and would not seek re-election in November 2012.

People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left ou...

Gary Ackerman

People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left ou...

Tags: leadership, man, woman, political

Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.

Gary Ackerman

Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.

Tags: politics

Whether rich people make money or lose money, they get no sympathy from the public.

Gary Ackerman

Whether rich people make money or lose money, they get no sympathy from the public.

Tags: sympathy, money, people, rich

You can compromise between good, better, and best, and you can compromise between bad and worse and terrible. But you can't compromise between good and evil. And now people look at the other side as a...

Gary Ackerman

You can compromise between good, better, and best, and you can compromise between bad and worse and terrible. But you can't compromise between good and evil. And now people look at the other side as a...

Tags: good, evil, animal

From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were anything but free.

Gary Ackerman

From the U.S. Capitol Building to the White House, our national symbols that represent freedom to so many of us, were built by people who were anything but free.

Tags: free, people, building