“The proponents of drilling are suggesting we need to do this to cope with interruptions in the fuel supply and dependence on foreign oil. Those are deceptive and false arguments.”
Dan Mclaughlin
“We applaud those in Congress who have refused to let drilling proponents manipulate them and the democratic process. Although there are some still willing to do Big Oil?s bidding, the drilling lobby and their allies will be hard-pressed to keep Arctic drilling in the budget knowing that it is dead on arrival in the House.”
Carl Pope
“I'm a huge proponent of exchanges, student exchanges, cultural exchanges, university exchanges. We talk a lot about public diplomacy, ... It's extremely important that we get our message out, but it's also the case that we should not have a monologue with other people. It has to be a conversation, and you can't do that without exchanges and openness.”
Condoleezza Rice
“The evolutionary explanation for origins, although impossible either to prove or to test scientifically, is nevertheless defended by its proponents on the basis that it is the only explanation which is naturalistic, not involving the 'supernatural' element of a divine Creator.”
Henry Morris
“I'm a big proponent of harm reduction,”
Chuck Cadman
“The proponents have on their side something that is widely popular. Conceptually, this is sort of apple pie.”
Darry Sragow
“It's no secret that the most vigorous proponents of stock options and the most vigorous opponents of expensing them are the people getting them,”
Bill Miller