Facto Quotations

Until we totally change the way we elect our leaders, until we remove private money from public campaigns, lying will be the de facto method of governance in this country.

My ancestors fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War; I was raised in Natchez, Miss.; I performed in the Confederate Pageant for a decade; I dug ditches and loaded trucks with black men who taught me more than any book ever could; and I graduated from Ole Miss. Anyone who survived that is a de facto expert on the South.

In late 2009, I returned to Baghdad after a lengthy absence. I was living alone, in the Hamra Hotel, the twice bombed-out de facto international news bureau.

If we can become the de facto standard for image capture of unique perspectives around the world, we have a lot of growth ahead of us.

Writing does change you, and of course it feels good to do things, so you could say writing is de facto therapeutic. But really, one writes to write.

The United States will continue to be number one, and I do not see any country or group of countries taking the United States' place in providing global public goods that underpin security and prosperity. The United States functions as the world's de facto government.

I am certainly not arguing for the de facto autonomy of the individual work, even though there is much to be said for making the attempt to see it in that light as one facet of the reception process.

Six decades ago, Taiwan already returned to China both in a legal sense and in a de facto sense, ... The legal status of Taiwan as an inalienable part of Chinese territory is not to be doubted or challenged.

Given that employers have no legal obligation to thoroughly investigate whether documents presented to them by new employees are valid or not, they often have a de facto defense.

President Bouteflika's effort to wipe the slate clean is an affront to long standing civil society efforts to bring justice and accountability, ... Leaving the legacy of Algeria's abhorrent conflict unresolved creates an obstacle to lasting peace and, by de facto offering immunity to those responsible for grave crimes, raises the specter of future human rights abuses.

President Bouteflika's effort to wipe the slate clean is an affront to long standing civil society efforts to bring justice and accountability, ... Leaving the legacy of Algeria's abhorrent conflict unresolved creates an obstacle to lasting peace and, by de facto offering immunity to those responsible for grave crimes, raises the specter of future human rights abuses.

It is just assuming that if a company is from the Middle East it is de facto disqualified from investing in the United States, and I think that is a terrible message to send.

I was given visitation privileges, and I take advantage of it. Our dogs are like our de facto kids.

It is a de facto amnesty. It rewards people who broke the law. It puts at a disadvantage kids who didn't break the law.

It is sometimes difficult for Americans to understand how Japan will fund programs like missile defense if it continues to adhere to the de facto constraints of the 1-percent cap on defense spending.

We get a de facto 4K program, and we're not levying for it.

Microsoft is very good at momentum marketing. It can turn reports of strong growth in revenues, software licenses shipments, or clients being supported into a message that Windows NT is becoming the de facto standard.

While BitTorrent already has become the de facto protocol for cooperative distribution on the Internet, DCM shares our belief that BitTorrent will become the ideal platform for both independent publishers and the world's leading media companies alike.

We're creating an environment where people will want to go and hang out. It becomes a de facto community center.

We're under extraordinary financial constraints, and we can't continue doing things the way we've been doing them. The mayor's opinion is that we are a de facto insurance policy for our neighbors.

What they're really doing is taking their divisions and shrinking their number in a de facto way.

What we are seeing is the Mini has became the de facto standard for Web site search.

The whole purpose is to really establish something that might be seen as a de facto marriage and I just don't support them. I regard marriage as something that belongs to a man and a woman. We extend extraordinary freedoms for people to choose their lifestyle but I actually think that marriage involves a man and a woman committing themselves to one another for the purposes of providing an appropriate environment for children to grow up in.

The statement was a de facto acknowledgment that there is only a little room left for a further hike.

There are probably way too many integration specialists from the software perspective -- but as in most markets, about three companies are getting 70 percent of the market. So the market will start to consolidate if not through acquisition then through de facto market share gains.

What should we do to bring Office's classic COM-based publish-and-subscribe capabilities to a world where RSS and XML have become the de facto publish-and-subscribe mechanisms? ... Connected Office.

We've not seen anything like what we've seen here, this domino effect of counties establishing de facto moratoriums. These are moratoriums discriminating against one industry.

Subsidies are hugely important; they represent America's de facto energy policy.

The governor has serious concerns about the unanswered questions about privacy, cost and the consequences of turning motor vehicle workers into de facto agents of Homeland Security.

We had students who were depressed and frankly angry. They thought the door would always be open. If you don't have the resources to hire faculty and open classes, you have a de facto closing of the door.

We think there is an opportunity, if done correctly, for a total change in the enterprise IT implementations here and we're going to be one of the main drivers for that because of our superior architecture, ... We believe there is an opportunity for AMD64 architecture to be the de facto architecture for blades.

This regulation will better reflect the de facto demand and supply in the foreign exchange market.

The universe is going to become a de facto Swiss Army Knife.

This decision signals the de facto start of the 2008 presidential election campaign.

This is an echo of what we've seen before. It is a classic case of Microsoft working to establish itself as a de facto standard, now in digital media.

Instead of forcing new, draconian vehicle emission standards on Oregonians, why not take the high road and encourage cleaner cars and fuel? ... As chairman of the House Environment Committee, I heard from all sides of this debate. My conclusion: Incentives to reduce pollution are better than forcing motorists to live with a de facto car tax which won't make cleaner air.

If you have a policy that says e-mail can be monitored but in 10 years you've never monitored anybody's e-mail, then your de facto policy is that e-mail is not monitored.

It helps future-proof, to some extent, the consumer's purchase. If a unified format is developed, it will probably be supported by the player, or if one is a de facto market winner, the consumer hasn't lost out.

It is the other way around. You may have to buy your domain in order to protect your trademark or brand, and only then are the policies forced upon you. They are as yet vague and undefined, so yes, we are concerned about de facto regulation disguised as self-regulation.

The fundamental flaw in AOL's new certification plan is that there is only one technology supplier. Coupled with AOL's dominance in the marketplace, this creates a de facto monopoly.

For five years or six years, almost nothing happened in Europe, there was a de facto moratorium where products weren't approved,

How much of this is post facto rationalization?

A national accreditation scheme implies regulation and de facto licensing of reporters, a concept abhorrent to most of us. Let individual journalism programs forge partnerships with industry rather than force-fitting everyone to a single system. Employers know which courses produce the best graduates and many choose to look no further.